Derek B. Miller
Norwegian by Night
Paperback
(Faber & Faber March 15, 2001)
, Main edition
Paperback. Pages: 304 Language: English Publisher: Faber and Faber He will not admit it to Rhea and Lars - never. of course not - but Sheldon cant help but wonder what it is hes doing here.Eighty-two years old. and recently widowed. Sheldon Horowitz has grudgingly moved to Oslo. with his grand-daughter and her Norwegian husband An ex-Marine. he talks often to the ghosts of his past -. the friends he lost in the Pacific and the son who followed him into the US Army. and to his death in Vietnam.When Sheldon witnesses the murder of a woman in his apartment complex. he rescues her six-year-old son and decides to run. Pursued by both the Balkan gang responsible for the murder. and the Norwegian police. he has to rely on training from over half a century before to try and keep the boy safe. Against a strange and foreign landscape. this unlikely couple. who cant speak the same lang...
- ISBN
- 0571294278 / 9780571294275
- Weight
- 8.5 oz.
- Dimensions
- 5.0 x 0.8
in.