Olav Guldbrandsen's Page
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- Hometown:
- Oslo
- About Me:
- A reader. And editor. Formerly a writer for television, but now working with crime fiction for the Norwegian publishers, Cappelen Damm.
- I Am A:
- Writer, Editor
- Website:
- http://www.cappelendamm.no
- Books And Authors I Like:
- Lots to praise. Very fond of NEWTON THORNBURG and KEM NUNN's potent delivery of being out of touch. The metaphors that MARTIN CRUZ SMITH slips into our soviet hero, Arkady Renko, the black and humorous heart of CHARLES WILLEFORD, the devilish mishmash and helter skelter that WILLIAM HJORTSBERG made in Falling Angel. Kudos to the cowboys and charlatans that CHARLES PORTIS and THOMAS BERGER dreamed up. Thanks to MICHAEL MALONE and PETER LOVESEY for all their subtle and nuanced story telling touches, and to norwegians ROY JACOBSEN and FRODE GRYTTEN for trying crime after delving into the hearts and souls of impossible vikings for so long, and thank you very much, JEAN-PATRICK MANCHETTE, for powering up the french legion, cheers for JOHN AJVIDE LINDQVIST, very much a contemporary, he plays with horror in the kingdom of Volvo, to MARCUS SAKEY's debut The Blade Itself, for HAMSUN who wrote about mysteries a long time ago and let the mystery stay mankind itself. To DAG SOLSTAD, who didn't even bother to report the murder. - Last entry goes to ASTRID LINDGREN who wrote about Emil, the most endearing little criminal I know.
- Movies And TV Shows I Like:
- What HBO has done for television... etc etc. + Dennis Potter. + There was a rerun of The Rockford Files. Fifteen years ago, or something like that. Scheduled late at night, nothing else on. Still remember that I sometimes sat up, not really knowing why. Finally having the epiphany that all tacky TV-shows are not, altogether, hopelessly marred by bad writing. And sometimes, once in awhile, it is a clever thing to stay up late.
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You may not have noticed but Little Gods is turning up in English all over the world, from New Zealand through Europe to Canada. If you've read it, do you think it might be right for Scandinavian translations?
Best,
David
Author, Editor, Book Reviewer
rivercitypress@hotmail.com
www.douglasquinn.com
12 January 2008
Dear Family/Fans/Friends/Readers
Please join me in the first week of my Virtual Book Tour. Beginning tomorrow, Sunday, January 13th, writer Brenda Kay Wynn will publish an interview with Douglas Quinn on her webblog site at (click on the following or cut and paste into your browser) www.chronclesofelydir.spaces.live.com.
You are invited to go to Brenda’s site, read the interview and comment and/or ask questions. I am looking forward to responding to your comments and queries.
The interview will be posted throughout the four week tour. Weeks two, three and four will have different articles hosted by and posted at other webblog sites. Would love to interact with you along the way.
In addition, each time during the four week tour you leave a comment and/or ask a question your name will be placed into a drawing for a Free Signed Copy of Blue Heron Marsh.. Hope to see you all there.
Smiles,
Douglas Quinn
P.S. Please feel free to forward this invitation to your own email address list. The more people who participate, the happier I will be.
Forgive me for not wishing Happy New Year before.
Happy New Year.
It looks as if you have someone corresponding with you in Norwegian. At least I hope it's Norwegian. Certainly she thinks its Norwegian. How awkward it would be if you had to tell her it was Swedish!
Glad the book arrived. What a miracle the mail moves at all in an age of terrorism. Enjoy the read.
All Best,
David
Cara
Little Gods is en route to you.
Enjoy.
Have a Thor-ally great holiday.
Best,
David
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