Bibliograph

The summer of Kim Novak, Håkan Nesser ; translated from the Swedish by Saskia Vogel

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The summer of Kim Novak, Håkan Nesser ; translated from the Swedish by Saskia Vogel

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The summer of Kim Novak

Responsibility statement

Håkan Nesser ; translated from the Swedish by Saskia Vogel

Summary

Fourteen-year-old Erik and his friend Edmund spend their summer vacation in 1962 by a Swedish lake, daydreaming about Ewa, a young teacher who looks like actress Kim Novak. When Ewa's fiance is found dead, Erik's brother is initially the prime suspect. Twenty-five years later, when Erik happens to come across an article about unsolved crimes, he is overwhelmed by memories of that summer

Target audience

adult

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