330 pages

English language

Published June 15, 2012 by Harvill Secker.

ISBN:
978-1-84655-581-7
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OCLC Number:
805411176

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A man is making a crude leather mask with slits for eyes and mouth, and an iron spike fixed in the middle of the forehead. It is a 'death mask', once used by Icelandic farmers to slaughter calves. He has revenge in mind. Meanwhile, with Detective Erlendur absent, his colleague Sigurdur Óli is in the spotlight.

4 editions

Subjects

  • Icelandic fiction
  • Avarice
  • Translations into English
  • Police
  • Fiction

Places

  • Iceland
  • Reykjavík (Iceland)
  • Reykjavík