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Norwegian. Harry Hole (the surname pronounced as "HOO-leh"), who is also called "Harry Holy" by allies in the Australian police force, [1] is the main character in a series of crime novels written by Norwegian author Jo Nesbø. [2] The name is derived from Old Norse Hólar, the plural form of hóll, meaning "round and isolated hill."
Aug 18, 2024 · About Jo Nesbø’s Harry Hole Created by one of the greatest storytellers in crime fiction, Jo Nesbø’s Harry Hole is a whodunnit serial killer mystery led by famed anti-hero Harry Hole. Underneath the surface, this series is a nuanced character drama about two police officers – and supposed colleagues – operating on opposite sides of the law.
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Harry Hole was born in Oppsal, Oslo. His parents were teachers and he grew up with his little sister, Sis. His mother died when he was very young. His most significant romantic relationship is with Rakel, whom he met when she was working for the Secret Service. He is very close to Rakel’s son, Oleg. Harry’s closest friends are a taxi driver called ...
Graduated from Police College and Law School, grades marginally above average. Special investigator for Crime Squad in Oslo. One-year course with FBI in Chicago, specialising in serial killers. Short stint with the Norwegian Secret Service before returning to Crime Squad. Described by Head of Crime Squad as the best investigator in the department a...
Music: Likes everything from Sex Pistols to Duke Ellington, from Neil Young to Slipknot. Film: His all-time favourite is Francis Ford Coppola’s The Conversation. Considers Verhoeven’s Starship Troopersa masterpiece. Substance abuse: Alcoholism runs in the family. Started drinking heavily in his late teens, has tried most types of drugs. Views them ...
Ambition:To understand what evil is. And what love is. Future plans: The near future looks dismal. After that it gets darker. And then it all goes to hell…
Harry Hole is a genuine anti-hero: an impossible character, yet impossible not to like. According to his superiors, Harry is both Oslo Crime Squad’s most brilliant detective, and its most frustrating. He struggles with authority, especially when bureaucracy prevents him from doing what’s right for the people of Oslo and the victims who ...
- The Bat. (Flaggermusmannen – 1997) The series starts in the most un-Nordic location possible as Harry Hole lands in Sydney, Australia. He’s there at the request of the Australian police, who are investigating the murder of Norwegian TV presenter Inger Holter.
- Cockroaches. (Kakerlakkene – 1998) Cockroaches was eventually translated into English in November 2012. Hole has been drinking and trying to deal with what happened in Sydney, and he’s also angry about the rape of his sister, when his boss Bjarne Møller scrapes him off a barstool and puts him on the next plane to Bangkok.
- The Redbreast. (Rødstrupe – 2000) For English readers, The Redbreast is the second de facto Harry Hole novel. Appearing in 2006, it’s the first in Nesbo’s Oslo Trilogy, but came out a year after the third in the trilogy, The Devil’s Star.
- Nemesis. (Sorgenfri – 2002) Book two in the Oslo Trilogy takes place two years after The Redbreast and Hole is called to the scene of a bank robbery that’s gone south.
Killing Moon. (2023) Description / Buy at Amazon. Pronounced (Hol-leh), Harry Hole is a fictional character and leading role in several novels written by Norwegian author, Jo Nesbo. On officer on the police force, Harry is depicted as a loose cannon. He is a heavy smoker and an alcoholic who lost his mother to cancer when he was in his early ...
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