As I Say, We Norwegians Love Our

Many Scandinavian Writers Who Had Made Their Name In Literary Fiction Felt They Wanted To Have A Go At The Crime Novel To Show They Could Compete With The Best. If Salman Rushdie Had Been Norwegian, He Would Definitely Have Written At Least One Thriller.

All My Friends Who Wanted To Write Had Got Nowhere Trying To Write The Great European Novel. So I Deliberately Steered Clear Of That And Set Out To Write Something Story-led.

All Interesting Heroes Have An Achilles Heel.

Losing Your Life Is Not The Worst Thing That Can Happen. The Worst Thing Is To Lose Your Reason For Living.

We're Prisioners Of... Things.of Who We Are.