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Ian wrote:...under attack from an amorphous alien menace that takes on the image of memories from its victims' subconscious...
DMt. wrote:... because I'm well 'ard, me...
DMt. wrote:I don't usually have much time for crime fiction/police procedurals, but in the right hands, like those of Icelandic writer Arnaldur Indridason, it's as good a form as any other. I'm reading everything of his I can find. Titles I know about are;
The Draining Lake
Jar City
Arctic Chill
Silence of the Grave
Voices
Idk if you have caught the film 'Jar City' Very very good. Just interested in your opinion. It is very gory. Most everyone I know though reckons the most horrendous bit is when ... (a pity we can';t cover for spoilers like LTROI Forum :/ ) is when he grabs a drive-in take-away, which turns out to be a boiled sheeps-head![]()
which he picks apart and chomps on the grey meat
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Hypothermia
There's a very strong seam of Nordic melancholy in the writing, but it's balanced by a dry humour and a deep, if utterly unsentimental, compassion for human suffering. I was reading The Draining Lake on a bus ride and listening to Sigur Ros [yes, an Icelandic double-whammy] and I had to stop reading before I started crying on the bus, it was overwhelming.
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