Niklas Natt och Dag
Author of 1793: The Wolf and the Watchman
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- Legal name
- Natt och Dag, Niklas Carl Bosson
- Birthdate
- 1979-10-03
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Sweden
- Country (for map)
- Sweden
- Birthplace
- Stockholm, Sweden
- Occupations
- Journalist
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Statistics
- Works
- 8
- Members
- 1,326
- Popularity
- #19,390
- Rating
- 3.8
- Reviews
- 97
- ISBNs
- 129
- Languages
- 18
A vividly written, unusual, intriguing and atmospheric Scandinavian crime thriller / horror / historical fiction story that made for difficult reading in places due to its very graphic content and yet apparently an accurate portrayal of 1780 Stockholm and I came away from this one with a feeling of gratitude for not having lived in the late 1700s as I don't think I would have lasted 5 minutes in that barbaric squalor, depraved and diseased city. extremely well written and translated and a compelling read, this one kept me up well into the night and haunted my thoughts for a long time after. A real page turner for those who can stomach it. What an intriguing debut novel.
First a warning................This is not an easy read. It is not for readers who find graphic descriptions of injuries, Despicable characters, war or torture upsetting and Niklas Natt Och Dag doesn't shy away from graphic detail.
Stockholm 1793, King Gustav of Sweden has been assassinated, When night watchman Mickel Cardell pulls the remains of a man from a lake, the ex soldier is confronted with a corpse that has been subjected to prolonged torture , his arms and legs cut away, his tongue and eyes removed. What or Who is capable of such depraved torture and why?
Superb writing and vivid descriptions of a city and its inhabitants in the late 1700s. I read this one with my husband and we were completely engrossed in the story and the characters and while it is a little out of my comfort zone, I loved the historical element and mystery to this one, it has a strange eerie feel to it which I loved and the sense of time and place is excellent. The crime element of the story is very well crafted and executed.
I had a hard copy of this novel and the audio version as well and was lucky to be able to switch between the two, the audio was narrated by 3 narrators and their narration of this story was excellent. It was haunting and atmospheric and so much so that while out forest walking and I had to switch off as it was way too scary to listen to in a deserted forest.
This is a book you choose to read and not a book that should be chosen for you.
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