NORR OM PARADISET – NORTH OF PARADISE
By Thomas Engström
TWO CAR BOMBS explode outside of a restaurant in Miami. The dead are top leaders within the exile-cuban anti-Castro movement. When Ludwig Licht together with the FBI investigates the attack, he is drawn into a dark tangle with ramifications that dates 50 years back – and with fatal consequences for the USA’s relationships with both Havanna and Moscow. The powerplay over Cuba can start.
NORTH OF PARADISE is the third and freestanding instalment in Thomas Engström’s critically acclaimed series about the old Stasi-veteran, restaurant owner and problem solver Ludwig Licht.
ABOUT THE BOOK
First published by Albert Bonniers, Sweden 2015
RIGHTS SOLD TO
Germany, Random House
Netherlands, Ambos Anthos
Poland, Sonia Draga
REVIEWS
Powerplay! Weapons! Characters named Ron! The stylistic writer Thomas Engström picks up the political thriller from the stand at the airport and turns it into high art. Len Deighton, check your cellphone: 2015 has sent a text.
– Di Weekend
The words are cut out, polished, sandpapered and washed. They are shining, dazzling, even though it’s nighttime also during the day. And just as the sarcasms start to be too many, Engström brings me and Licht to the kind of darkness that gives new lights.
– Sydsvenskan
Engström puts pressure on the form and isn’t afraid of being literary. I like that.
– Hallandsposten
Engström’s thriller is exciting and a page-turner. The language is quick and the story, with its foundation in the cold war, is interesting and exhorts reflection.
– Skaraborgs Allehanda
The tone is cynical and disillusioned, but at the same time there’s a nice humourous undertone and Engström’s prose is tighter, crazier and more memorable this time than in the previous books.
– Borås Tidning
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