Clinch
The Stockholm Trilogy: Volume One
by Martin Holmén
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Pub Date Jun 07 2016 | Archive Date Feb 22 2016
Pushkin Press | Pushkin Vertigo
Description
The writing's on the wall for Harry Kvist. Once a notorious boxer, he now spends his days drinking, and his nights chasing debts amongst the pimps, prostitutes and petty thieves of 1930s Stockholm. When women can't satisfy him, men can. But one biting winter's night he pays a threatening visit to a debtor named Zetterberg, and when the man is found dead shortly afterwards, all eyes are on Kvist.
Determined to avoid yet another stint in prison, Kvist sets out to track down the only person who can clear his name. His hunt will lead him from the city's slums, gangster hideouts and gambling dens to its most opulent hotels and elite nightclubs. It will bring him face to face with bootleggers and whores, aristocrats and murderers. It will be the biggest fight of his life.
Blending noir with gritty violence, Clinch is a visceral, compulsive thriller that packs a punch and leaves you reeling.
Advance Praise
• "Enormously readable ...the hero, he defies description ... a former boxer working as a debt collector, beating people up ... yet appears both sympathetic and moral" - Leif GW Persson, TV4
• "Simply put, a great read." - Leif GW Persson, Expressen
• "A debut that rings of Chandler... Holmén has created a unique, in equal measures idiosyncratic as it is remarkable, debut crime novel." - Borås Tidning
• "The 1930s ... a mirror of our times." - Vi Läser
• "Gritty, stylish Scandinavian noir from one of Sweden's hottest emerging authors. ... uniquely Swedish details that give texture and depth to the more familiar noir conventions. ... It is absorbing in both plot and atmosphere and I look forward to the next installment." BOOK RATING: The Story 4 / 5, The Writing 4 / 5 - bookloverbookreviews.com
• "The book paints a historical image of how people lived in the 1930s, and features vivid depictions of the setting and milieu." - Bokslukarinnans Bokblogg
• "Scandinavian Crime meets Film Noir, the crime novel of the year is set in Stockholm in the 1930s. A guaranteed must-read novel! " - Alexander Bard, Facebook
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781782271925 |
| PRICE | $14.95 (USD) |
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