A bestseller throughout Europe, this unique and intelligent thriller delivers a gripping dissection of the nature of evil and of the paranoia and obsessions that drive ordinary people to commit unthinkable acts.
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A bestseller throughout Europe, this unique and intelligent thriller delivers a gripping dissection of the nature of evil and of the paranoia and obsessions that drive ordinary people to commit unthinkable acts.
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Very good. A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. An ex-library book and may have standard library stamps and/or stickers. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.
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Very good. A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. An ex-library book and may have standard library stamps and/or stickers. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.
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Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
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Good. FORMER LIBRARY COPY. Former Library book. hardcover This item shows wear from consistent use but remains in good readable condition. It may have marks on or in it, and may show other signs of previous use or shelf wear. May have minor creases or signs of wear on dust jacket. Packed with care, shipped promptly.
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First Edition, first printing with full number line in fine / like new condition. The dust jacket is clean and undamaged. The dust jacket is in mylar. Pages are clean. Boards are solid, and spine is square and tight. Unclipped DJ. No remainder mark. All items guaranteed, and a portion of each sale supports social programs in Los Angeles. Ships from CA.
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Near Fine in Fine jacket. Book First U.S. Edition., with complete number line beginning with 1. Top of page edges lightly soiloed else fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. Translated from the Danish By Anna Paterson. Four women work together for a small nonprofit in Copenhagen that disseminates information on genocide. When two of them receive death threats, they immediately believe that they are being stalked by Mirko Zigic, a Serbian torturer and war criminal, whom they have recently profiled in their articles. As the tensions mount among the women, their suspicions turn away from Zigic and toward each other. The threats increase and soon the office becomes a battlefield in which each of the women's move is suspect. Their obsession turns into a witch hunt as they resort to bullying and victimization. Yet these are people who daily analyze cases of appalling cruelty on a worldwide scale, and who are intimate with the psychology of evil. The cruelty which the women have described from a safe distance is now revealed in their own world. They discover that none of them is exactly the person she seems to be. And then they learn that Interpol has traced Mirko Zigic to Denmark.
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One of the best books I've ever read. I was gripped by the shifting realities of the women -- how different the world looked through others' eyes. Each one was plausible. I admire an author who can present multiple points of view through several people's minds and have each one be completely convincing.
I also loved the tough-minded view of how the quirks (and viciousness) of individual people invade the most well intended group projects. I'll never see NGOs the same way again.
I'm buying another copy for another relative!
MartynBates1
Jan 11, 2008
stretched too far
Hi..I wanted so much to like this book...I thought the concept was intriguing..however, the book started to drag, and it felt like there were a lot of lines that just felt like filler...the characters were all so unstable that I ended up not caring for any of them...I have read most of the books on the Holocaust cited in this novel, and frankly, it felt like the author was writing a synopsis of those books interspersed with the story, to little dramatic effect...the ending felt like a typical Hollywood shoot-out ending, and it really didn't matter to me who lived or died...there were also some really disgusting images of violence, and I think the author made a ridiculous stretch to compare genocide and the "evil" in all of us, to the petty bickering and office politics of these 4 "loony" women...how the hell did they get their jobs in the first place? Anyway....a very unrewarding novel....
