The quiet girl
Hoeg, Peter, 1957-
The quiet girl / Peter Hoeg ; translated from the Danish by Nadia Christensen - 1st American ed - New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux , c2007. - 408 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
"Originally published in 2006 by Rosinante, Denmark"--T.p. verso.
"Set in Denmark in the here and now, The Quiet Girl centers around Kasper Krone, a world-renowned circus clown with a deep love for the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and an even deeper gambling debt. Wanted for tax evasion and on the verge of extradition, Krone is drafted into the service of a mysterious order of nuns who promise him reprieve from the international authorities in return for his help safeguarding a group of children with mystical abilities - abilities that Krone shares. When one of the children goes missing, Krone sets off to find the young girl and bring her back, making a series of shocking discoveries along the way about her identity and the true intentions of his young wards." "The result is a fast-paced philosophical thriller that blends social realism with the literary fantastic while pitting art and spirituality against corporate interests and nothing less than the will to war of the industrialized world."--BOOK JACKET.
9780374263690
2007008187
Missing persons----Fiction
Denmark----Fiction
FIC HOE
The quiet girl / Peter Hoeg ; translated from the Danish by Nadia Christensen - 1st American ed - New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux , c2007. - 408 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
"Originally published in 2006 by Rosinante, Denmark"--T.p. verso.
"Set in Denmark in the here and now, The Quiet Girl centers around Kasper Krone, a world-renowned circus clown with a deep love for the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and an even deeper gambling debt. Wanted for tax evasion and on the verge of extradition, Krone is drafted into the service of a mysterious order of nuns who promise him reprieve from the international authorities in return for his help safeguarding a group of children with mystical abilities - abilities that Krone shares. When one of the children goes missing, Krone sets off to find the young girl and bring her back, making a series of shocking discoveries along the way about her identity and the true intentions of his young wards." "The result is a fast-paced philosophical thriller that blends social realism with the literary fantastic while pitting art and spirituality against corporate interests and nothing less than the will to war of the industrialized world."--BOOK JACKET.
9780374263690
2007008187
Missing persons----Fiction
Denmark----Fiction
FIC HOE
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