{"product_id":"red-handler-paperback","title":"Red Handler - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohan Harstad\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavid Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA riotous metafictional dissection of a \"famous\" Norwegian detective writer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrode Brandeggen (1970-2014), an unknown voice to most readers, made his debut in 1992\u003cbr\u003ewith the experimental 2,000+ page novel \u003ci\u003eConglomerate Breath\u003c\/i\u003e. It was never reviewed and soon\u003cbr\u003eforgotten. After that, he created a new genre, writing fifteen micro-novels about \"Red Handler,\" a\u003cbr\u003eprotest-oriented crime fiction project aimed at confronting the genre's weakness--and often\u003cbr\u003eunnecessary length. \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs his weapon, he developed a private investigator who is already at the\u003cbr\u003escene or in the immediate vicinity when foul play takes place, so that the perp can be caught red\u003cbr\u003ehanded and the case quickly solved, thus offering crime fiction to people who don't have the\u003cbr\u003etime to read long books, or who simply hate to read, but love crime. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book brings together all fifteen micro-novels Brandeggen wrote about Red\u003cbr\u003eHandler for the first time, and is also equipped with a comprehensive amount of enthusiastic, explanatory, \u003cbr\u003ecomplementary, and sometimes strangely digressive endnotes, written in the pen of Brandeggen's\u003cbr\u003eclosest literary confidant in the final years, German professional annotator Bruno Aigner (1934-). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis novel about the fiction Red Handler, Frode Brandeggen, and Bruno Aigner is Johan Harstad's wildest, most hysterical project to date.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohan Harstad\u003c\/b\u003e is a Norwegian author, graphic designer, playwright, drummer, and international sensation. He is the winner of the 2008 Brage Award (Brageprisen), previously won by Per Petterson, and his books have been published in over eleven countries. In 2009, he was named the first ever in-house playwright at the National Theatre in Oslo. His first novel \u003ci\u003eBuzz Aldrin, What Happened To You In All The Confusion\u003c\/i\u003e, originally published in Norway by Gyldendal in 2005, was made into a TV series in 2009 starring \u003ci\u003eThe Wire\u003c\/i\u003e's Chad Coleman. Harstad lives in Oslo.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Smith\u003c\/b\u003e grew up outside of Atlanta and studied English and philosophy at the University of Georgia. He then earned a Master's Degree in the Humanities from the University of Chicago. After Chicago, a lifelong interest in his family's Nordic heritage brought him to Norway. He took language classes at the University of Oslo, before settling in Bergen and starting to work as a commercial translator. In 2014, he earned a National Translator Accreditation from the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research. He is a PhD student at the University of Wisconsin, Madison\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 26, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47256172560633,"sku":"9781948830805","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/q7kuCSc1T19781948830805.webp?v=1768731117","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/red-handler-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}