When assassin Tomislav Bokšić, or Toxic, kills the wrong person in a botched assassination, he flees to Iceland and is forced to come to terms with his bloody past and reevaluate his future in a country with no tradition of contract killing.
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"With some 66 hits under his belt, Tomislav Boks̆ić, or Toxic, has a flawless record as hitman for the Croatian mafia in New York. That is, until he kills the wrong guy and is forced to flee the States, leaving behind the life he knows and loves. Suddenly, he finds himself on a p…
Blindly
by Magris, Claudio, Appel, Anne Milano
fromMargellos world republic of letters book
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Type: Book
"Who is the mysterious narrator of Blindly? Clearly a recluse and a fugitive, but what more of him can we discern? Baffled by the events of his own life, he muses, "When I write, and even now when I think back on it, I hear a kind of buzzing, blathered words that I can barely un…
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US-raised Magnus Jonson is seconded to the Icelandic Police Force for his own protection after a run-in with a drugs gang in Boston. When a professor is found murdered Magnus is soon involved in a hunt for a lost Icelandic saga, which may have links to J.R.R. Tolkein.
US-raised Magnus Jonson is seconded to the Icelandic Police Force for his own protection after a run-in with a drugs gang in Boston. When a professor is found murdered Magnus is soon involved in a hunt for a lost Icelandic saga, which may have links to J.R.R. Tolkein.
Ancient blood feuds and modern conspiracies: Magnus Jonson, the Iceland born American homicide detective seconded to Reykjavk, discovers that vengeance, in Iceland, is best served at arctic temperatures.
In 18th century Iceland, a man becomes a fugitive after being wrongly accused of murder.
In 18th century Iceland, a man becomes a fugitive after being wrongly accused of murder.
In 18th century Iceland, a man becomes a fugitive after being wrongly accused of murder.
In 18th century Iceland, a man becomes a fugitive after being wrongly accused of murder.
Island, 2005: Die Wirtschaft boomt wie nie zuvor. Unternehmer und Finanzleute sind die neuen Helden. Da kommt es sehr ungelegen, dass ein Banker von einer Klippe zu Tode stürzt. Nur ein Unfall? Wenig später wird eine verschuldete Frau zu Tode geprügelt. In beiden Fällen ging es …
Island, 2005: Die Wirtschaft boomt wie nie zuvor. Unternehmer und Finanzleute sind die neuen Helden. Da kommt es sehr ungelegen, dass ein Banker von einer Klippe zu Tode stürzt. Nur ein Unfall? Wenig später wird eine verschuldete Frau zu Tode geprügelt. In beiden Fällen ging es …
Disa Jonsdottir has managed an inn for years with her companion, Anthony, in the English countryside. Compelled by the demands of time to revisit the village of her childhood, she departs England for her native Iceland. Along the way memories surface-of the rift between her and …
Discovering that she is terminally ill, Disa leaves England to return to her native Iceland, where she hopes to come to terms with the painful events of her past: her fiancé's death by the Nazi's and her mother's rejection.