The Quiet Girl
Author: Høeg, Peter
ISBN: 9780099507352
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 03 Nov 2008
Pages: 416
Format: Paperback / softback
A fast-paced philosophical thriller of rare quality from the author of Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow.
Set in Denmark in the here and now, The Quiet Girl centres around Kaspar Krone, a world-renowned circus clown with a deep love for the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, and an even deeper gambling debt. Wanted for tax evasion and on the verge of extradition, Krone is drafted into the service of a mysterious order of nuns who promise him reprieve from the international authorities in return for his help safeguarding a group of children with mystical abilities.
When one of the children goes missing a year later, Krone sets off to find the young girl and bring her back, making a shocking series of discoveries along the way about her identity and the true intentions of his young wards.
ISBN: 9780099507352
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 03 Nov 2008
Pages: 416
Format: Paperback / softback
A fast-paced philosophical thriller of rare quality from the author of Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow.
Set in Denmark in the here and now, The Quiet Girl centres around Kaspar Krone, a world-renowned circus clown with a deep love for the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, and an even deeper gambling debt. Wanted for tax evasion and on the verge of extradition, Krone is drafted into the service of a mysterious order of nuns who promise him reprieve from the international authorities in return for his help safeguarding a group of children with mystical abilities.
When one of the children goes missing a year later, Krone sets off to find the young girl and bring her back, making a shocking series of discoveries along the way about her identity and the true intentions of his young wards.
