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Jo Nesb酶

Norwegian crime writer Jo Nesb酶 speaks to Take Four Books about his new novel, Wolf Hour, and together with presenter James Crawford, explores its connections to three other works.

Presenter James Crawford speaks to bestselling crime writer and Norwegian novelist Jo Nesb酶 about his book, Wolf Hour - a standalone thriller set in Minneapolis, where a dysfunctional detective, Bob Oz, investigates the attempted murder of a crooked gun dealer. The three books that inspired Jo while writing Wolf Hour were: Hunger by Knut Hamsun (1890), The Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson (1952), and American Psycho by Brett Easton Ellis (1991).

Producers: Rachael O鈥橬eill & Hayley Jarvis
Editor: Gillian Wheelan
This was a 麻豆社 Audio Scotland production.

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28 minutes

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Sun 14 Dec 2025 00:15
麻豆社 Radio 4

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    James Crawford discusses an author's new book and its connections to three other works.