As if there hasn’t been enough recent news regarding crime-fiction prizes of one sort or another, here comes word that five books—none of them brand-new in English—have been shortlisted for the 2019 Iceland Noir Award for best crime novel in Icelandic translation, aka the Icepick. They are:
• Double Indemnity, by James M. Cain;
translated by Þórdís Bachmann
• The Devotion of Suspect X, by Keigo Higashino;
translated by Ásta S. Guðbjartsdóttir
• A Stranger in the House, by Shari Lapena;
translated by Ingunn Snædal
• Three Days and a Life, by Pierre Lemaitre;
translated by Friðrik Rafnsson
• After the Fire, by Henning Mankell;
translated by Hilmar Hilmarsson
The winner is expected to be announced in November.
Sunday, May 19, 2019
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