{"product_id":"pursued-by-death-9781916788244","title":"Pursued by Death","description":"When Bergen PI Varg Veum becomes involved in the disappearance of a young activist, he comes up against one village's particular brand of justice ... The international bestselling, critically acclaimed Varg Veum series returns...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the fathers of the Nordic Noir genre, Gunnar Staalesen was born in Bergen, Norway in 1947. He made his debut at the age of twenty-two with \u003ci\u003eSeasons of Innocence\u003c\/i\u003e and in 1977 he published the first book in the Varg Veum series. He is the author of over twenty-three titles, which have been published in twenty-six countries and sold over five million copies. Twelve film adaptations of his Varg Veum crime novels have appeared since 2007, starring the popular Norwegian actor Trond Epsen Seim, and a further series is currently being filmed. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDon Bartlett completed an MA in Literary Translation at the University of East Anglia in 2000 and has since worked with a wide variety of Danish and Norwegian authors, including Jo Nesb? and Gunnar Staalesen's Varg Veum series: \u003ci\u003eWe Shall Inherit the Wind\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWolves in the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e and the Petrona award-winning \u003ci\u003eWhere Roses Never Die\u003c\/i\u003e. He also translated \u003ci\u003eFaithless\u003c\/i\u003e, the previous book in Kjell Ola Dahl's Oslo Detective series for Orenda Books. He lives with his family in a village in Norfolk\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Orenda Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51183190901010,"sku":"9781916788244","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2f2996c8-f157-470d-a361-27c91fee625e.jpg?v=1744456947","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/pursued-by-death-9781916788244","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}