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Jo Nesbo

Jo Nesbo

Jo Nesbo

Jo Nesbø is the most successful Norwegian author of all time, selling millions of his adult novels worldwide and becoming widely recognised as one of Europe's foremost crime writers. His debut children's book, Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder, sold... Read full bio

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Q. If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you choose to be?
A. In a climbing wall at Ton Sai, Thailand
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Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder: The Great Gold Robbery will be released on October 10, 2013 in Mass Market Paperback
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Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder: The End of the World. Maybe. will be released on April 26, 2012 in
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Q. What’s your best quality? A. Imagination Q. If you could eat only one thing for the rest of your days, what would it be? A. Bananas Q. What are your 5 favorite songs? A. One. Perfect Skin, Lloyd Cole and the Commotions, Strawberry Fields by the Beatles, Independence Day by Bruce Springsteen, Shipbuilding by Elvis Costello, There She Goes by the Las. Q. Who is your favorite fictional hero? A. Batman Learn more about Jo Nesbo

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Las Vegas Review Journal, May 21, 2013
...Jane Casey; “The Last of the Doughboys” by Richard Rubin; “Margaret Thatcher” by Charles Moore; “The Redeemer” by Jo Nesbo; “Storm Front” by Richard Castle; and “Thousand Words” by Jennifer Brown. LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL...
Mail Online UK, May 20, 2013
...below, at 5ft 7in) was cast to play Jack Reacher (6ft 5in) in 2012's Jack Reacher. 8. Jo Nesbo Age/Nationality/Sales: 53, Norwegian, 15m sales worldwide Crimefighter: Detective Harry Hole's booze habit makes Inspector Morse look like a teetotaller ...
TH Online, May 19, 2013
...2. Life After Life, Kate Atkinson, Reagan Arthur Books 3. The Burgess Boys, Elizabeth Strout, Random House 4. Dead Ever After, Charlaine Harris, Ace 5. The Woman Upstairs, Claire Messud, Knopf 6. Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn, Crown 7. Maya's...
India Today, May 18, 2013
...s Angela's Ashes and Roddy Doyle's novels. Soha Ali Khan, 34 Now reading The Snowman by Jo Nesbo and A History of the Modern Middle East by William Cleveland and Martin Bunton. Heading to Maldives this summer., 26Best reads Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg,...
Cleveland Live, May 17, 2013
...and her tenacity. The only flaw here is the book's surprisingly abrupt ending. Grade: A- The Redeemer Jo Nesbo Brooding Oslo detective Harry Hole doesn't brood any more than detectives in England, say, or even Louisiana -- but it sure is colder in...
Her World Plus, May 16, 2013
...nominated for a Bafta Award for Best Film Not In The English Language earlier this year. Based on Jo Nesbo's 2008 best-selling novel of the same name, Headhunters is about Roger Brown (Aksel Hennie) who ends up in a bloody chase when he angers the...
Today Online, May 16, 2013
...at its comedic and thrilling best, as director Morten Tyldum takes the acclaimed and best-selling Norwegian crime writer Jo Nesbo’s 2008 novel and translates it into a superior Nordic silver screen thriller of twists and turns. Ultra-violence, darkly...
Sky Movies HD, May 24, 2013
...Probation officer Oscar Svendson (Kyrre Hellum) unwisely signs up with a trio of his criminal charges for a football pools syndicate. When their number comes up and they land 1.7 kroner, the grasping winners revert terrifyingly to type and Oscar wakes up...
Online La Crosse Tribune, May 23, 2013
...Nightmare,” but already have completed two more novels that have been published in their native Sweden. Norwegian author Jo Nesbo has taken the publishing world by storm with his surly Detective Harry Hole, who is based in Olso, Norway. Starting with...
Lake County News-Chronicle, May 23, 2013
...Nick Healy • The Devil and the Diva by David Housewright & Renee Valois • The Redeemer by Jo Nesbo Newest Nonfiction • Help, Thanks, Wow: The Three Essential Prayers by Anne Lamott • My Foot Is Too Big for the Glass Slipper by Gabrielle...
UK Nigeria Online, May 21, 2013
..."Without music life would be a mistake," Nietzsche once maintained. And, clearly, the übermensch theorist is spot on. However, there's more to the UK festival summer than indie-rock anthems and string quartets. A lot more, in fact, from night-time...
Las Vegas Review Journal, May 21, 2013
...Jane Casey; “The Last of the Doughboys” by Richard Rubin; “Margaret Thatcher” by Charles Moore; “The Redeemer” by Jo Nesbo; “Storm Front” by Richard Castle; and “Thousand Words” by Jennifer Brown. LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL...
The Independent, May 21, 2013
..."Without music life would be a mistake," Nietzsche once maintained. And, clearly, the übermensch theorist is spot on. However, there's more to the UK festival summer than indie-rock anthems and string quartets. A lot more, in fact, from night-time...
Mail Online UK, May 20, 2013
...below, at 5ft 7in) was cast to play Jack Reacher (6ft 5in) in 2012's Jack Reacher. 8. Jo Nesbo Age/Nationality/Sales: 53, Norwegian, 15m sales worldwide Crimefighter: Detective Harry Hole's booze habit makes Inspector Morse look like a teetotaller ...