Macbeth
'Shakespeare's darkest tale reimagined by the king of Nordic noir' Mail on Sunday
Published on 20. September 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
624 pages
978-0-09-959806-0 (ISBN)
Description
*JO NESBO HAS SOLD OVER 50 MILLION BOOKS WORLDWIDE*
*No 1 Sunday Times bestseller*
'Immensely enjoyable and gloriously dark' Daily Express
He's the best cop they've got.
When a drug bust turns into a bloodbath it's up to Inspector Macbeth and his team to clean up the mess.
He's also an ex-drug addict with a troubled past.
He's rewarded for his success. Power. Money. Respect. They're all within reach.
But a man like him won't get to the top.
Plagued by hallucinations and paranoia, Macbeth starts to unravel. He's convinced he won't get what is rightfully his.
Unless he kills for it.
'A deliciously oppressive page-turner' Guardian
Watch out for The Jealousy Man, the new Jo Nesbo book, out now
*No 1 Sunday Times bestseller*
'Immensely enjoyable and gloriously dark' Daily Express
He's the best cop they've got.
When a drug bust turns into a bloodbath it's up to Inspector Macbeth and his team to clean up the mess.
He's also an ex-drug addict with a troubled past.
He's rewarded for his success. Power. Money. Respect. They're all within reach.
But a man like him won't get to the top.
Plagued by hallucinations and paranoia, Macbeth starts to unravel. He's convinced he won't get what is rightfully his.
Unless he kills for it.
'A deliciously oppressive page-turner' Guardian
Watch out for The Jealousy Man, the new Jo Nesbo book, out now
Reviews / Votes
Majestically satisfying...a deliciously oppressive page-turner -- Steven Poole * Guardian * Immensely enjoyable and gloriously dark... He has accomplished that toughest of literary feats: putting his own unmistakable mark on one of Shakespeare's most celebrated plays -- Matt Gibson * Daily Express * Inventive and deeply satisfying... a dark but ultimately hopeful Macbeth, one suited to our own troubled times -- James Shapiro * New York Times Book Review * Nesbo makes excellent use of all the atmosphere of his genre, and the stakes at play are every bit as convincing as those in the original... This is Nesbo doing what he's good at -- Lucy Scholes * Independent * Macbeth as a SWAT team leader. His wife as a former prostitute. The three witches as drug dealers. It's Shakespeare's darkest tale -- reimagined by the king of Nordic noir -- Graeme Thomson * Mail on Sunday *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Vintage Publishing
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 195 mm
Width: 126 mm
Thickness: 43 mm
Weight
500 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-09-959806-0 (9780099598060)
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Persons
Jo Nesbo is one of the world's bestselling crime writers. When commissioned to write a memoir about life on the road with his band, Di Derre, he instead came up with the plot for his first Harry Hole crime novel, The Bat. His books The Leopard, Phantom, Police, The Son, The Thirst, Macbeth and Knife have all since topped the Sunday Times charts. He's an international number one bestseller and his books are published in 51 languages, selling over 60 million copies around the world.