This is the first of Nesser’s books to be translated into English and he joins Henning Mankell as a premier Swedish thriller/mystery writer. I think this is the eighth of the Van Veeteren mysteries and I have the last one, but in German. Needless to say, I’ll wait for more before I read that one.

This film is truer to the book than many others are. Good book – good film.

This book was such a comfort to me when I was an adolescent. I was a member of the “out crowd” as are these three girls. Finally some teenage protagonists I could identify with!

I honestly believe that this is one of the books that helped me get published!

Oy the tedium. Go ahead and make your split second decision but make sure you’ve taken pains to eliminate the possibility of prejudice. Did I miss anything? Where was the Reader’s Digest Condensed Book when I needed it? It took me weeks to get through this book. it’ll have to be a cold day in you know where before I pick up The Tipping Point.

Nice to see Ben Affleck on a career upswing. I don’t always care for film noir but I did like this one. With regard to the George Reeves Superman, I suppose you have to be a certain age to appreciate him. He really did have small parts in Gone with the Wind and From Here to Eternity. A perceptive view of Hollywood’s underbelly.

This book is a “wow”! Though written in the 50’s it could have been published recently. The characters are well drawn and the plot is excellent. I never guessed….

Tremendous book which I read several years after seeing the movie. It’s in the same vein as Paul Theroux’s Mosquito Coast. Highly recommend.

Supposedly this book was a surprise national bestseller in 1991. Where are all the people who have read it? These are possibly the most beautiful words, short of poetry, that I have ever read. And it is comforting to think that even in such a secular world as ours people are still willing to write and read a book that deals with questions of faith and doubt, ecstasy and chicanery, conviction and self delusion. A number of the reviews at Amazon comment that the author takes no sides or that the book leaves more questions than it answers. I found more answers than questions and for that I am extremely greatful.

Warning – This is one depressing movie. A little like Michael Caine’s Alfie which I found much more poignant than this.