Jo Nesbø
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March 29, 1960
in Oslo, Norway
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The Snowman by Jo Nesbø, Don Bartlett    3.88 avg rating — 6,582 ratings
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2007
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The Redbreast 3.85 avg rating — 5,317 ratings
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2000
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The Devil's Star 3.93 avg rating — 3,128 ratings
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2005
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Nemesis 3.86 avg rating — 3,042 ratings
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2002
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The Leopard 4.00 avg rating — 1,892 ratings
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2009
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Flaggermusmannen 3.54 avg rating — 808 ratings
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1997
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Frelseren 3.97 avg rating — 1,116 ratings
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2005
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Hodejegerne 3.61 avg rating — 1,102 ratings
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2008
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Jo Nesbo Collection: Redbreast, Nemesis, Devil’s Star, Snowman & Redemeer 4.33 avg rating — 216 ratings
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2011
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Jo Nesbo Collection: The Redbreast, The Snowman, The Devil's Star 4.28 avg rating — 144 ratings
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2011
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“Bjarne Møller, my former boss, says people like me always choose the line of most resistance. It's in what he calls our 'accursed nature'. That's why we always end up on our own. I don't know. I like being alone. Perhaps I have grown to like my self-image of being a loner, too....I think you have to find something about yourself that you like in order to survive. Some people say being alone is unsociable and selfish. But you're independent and you don't drag others down with you, if that's the way you're heading. Many people are afraid of being alone. But it made me feel strong, free and invulnerable.”
― Jo Nesbø, Frelseren
― Jo Nesbø, Frelseren
“With regard to power, women don’t have the vanity men have. They don’t need to make power visible, they only want the power to give them the other things they want. Security. Food. Enjoyment. Revenge. Peace. They are rational, power-seeking planners, who think beyond the battle, beyond the victory celebrations. And because they have an inborn capacity to see weakness in their victims, they know instinctively when and how to strike. And when to stop. You can’t learn that...”
― Jo Nesbø, Nemesis
― Jo Nesbø, Nemesis
“...'I've never told you this, but when you were in your teens one of your teachers called us. He said you'd been fighting in the playground again. With two of the boys from the grade above, but this time it hadn't turned out so well--they'd had to send you to the hospital to have your lip sewn and a tooth taken out. I stopped your allowance, remember? Anyway, Øystein told me about the fight later. You flew at them because they'd filled Tresko's knapsack with water from the school fountain. If I remember correctly, you didn't even like Tresko much. Øystein said the reason you'd been hurt so badly was that you didn't give in. You got up time after time and in the end you were bleeding so much that the big boys became alarmed and went on their way.'
Olav Hole laughed quietly. 'I didn't think I could tell you that at the time--it would only have been asking for more fights--but I was so proud I could have wept. You were brave, Harry. You were scared of the dark, but that didn't stop you going there.'...”
― Jo Nesbø, The Leopard
Olav Hole laughed quietly. 'I didn't think I could tell you that at the time--it would only have been asking for more fights--but I was so proud I could have wept. You were brave, Harry. You were scared of the dark, but that didn't stop you going there.'...”
― Jo Nesbø, The Leopard
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