Norwegian crime novelist Jo Nesbø is the author of the best-selling Harry Hole series. His latest novel is Macbeth. One of his six favorite books, as shared at the Daily Express magazine:LOLITA by Vladimir NabokovRead about the another entry on the list.
The story challenges you because you must be willing to go into a love affair that you can't accept – between an older man and an underage girl – and see it from the point of view of a person you don't like.
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