{"product_id":"to-cook-a-bear-9780857058966","title":"To Cook a Bear","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"+1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSo much to relish here . . . the plot is gripping, and the writing is just lovely! DIANE SETTERFIELD, author of \u003ci\u003eOnce Upon A River\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cfont size=\"+1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe year''s most memorable narrator . . . An unusual and intriguing crime story SUNDAY TIMES BOOKS OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNiemi succeeds in constructing a story that works as a murder mystery and as a compelling study of a dangerously inward-looking community SUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA riveting, psychologically astute mystery . . .  It is not to be missed BOOKLIST\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn original and gripping crime story THE TIMES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e**NOW SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA INTERNATIONAL DAGGER**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is 1852, and in Sweden''s far north, deep in the Arctic Circle, charismatic preacher and Revivalist Lars Levi Læstadius impassions a poverty-stricken congregation with visions of salvation. But local leaders have reason to resist a shift to temperance over alcohol.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJussi, \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo much to relish here . . . the plot is grippling, there's a beautifully handled thread on reading and writing, and the writing is just lovely! -- Diane Setterfield\u003cbr\u003eThis book is a masterpiece . . . The legendary Læstadius becomes a kind of Sherlock Holmes in this extraordinary historical crime novel . . . [Niemi] creates images, smells, sounds, atmospheres and characters that make this book a truly extraordinary reading experience. * Dagbladet (Sweden) *\u003cbr\u003eSuperb suspense! . . . a multifaceted, mysterious and engaging novel . . . \u003ci\u003eTo Cook A Bear\u003c\/i\u003e irresistibly engages the reader and provides a ruthless and almost physically palpable portrayal of a time that seems endlessly long ago . . . simply a great literary experience * V.G. (Sweden) *\u003cbr\u003eIt's captivating as well as illuminating; several historical figures from the birth of Laestadianism appear, and the murder mysteries keep the reader entranced throughout the almost 400 pages . . . Mikael Niemi has written an intensely entertaining story * Weekendavisen (Sweden) *\u003cbr\u003eThe pleasure of \u003ci\u003eTo Cook a Bear\u003c\/i\u003e is twofold: On the one hand, one experiences an almost criminal thrill of voyeurism as Jussi and the Pastor investigate the mysterious assaults. On the other hand, one is transported into a strange time and fascinating world that is both beautiful and brutal. The descriptions of the landscape and the changing of the seasons instil an urgent desire to crank up the time machine . . . that is how it feels when you finish \u003ci\u003eTo Cook a Bear\u003c\/i\u003e: as if the world just got a little bit bigger * Politiken (Denmark) *\u003cbr\u003eNiemi's writing - that of a narrator and a poet, a dreamer and a storyteller - brushes the highest peaks of the most delicate lyricism, rising strongly out of the abyss of the darkest mystery -- Alessandra Iadicicco * Corriere della Sera (Italy) *\u003cbr\u003eNiemi plots a composite story where the philosophical novel, the crime novel, the historical novel and the coming-of-age story coexist, complementing one another instead of getting in each other's way -- Alessia Gazzola * La Stampa (Italy) *\u003cbr\u003eA masterpiece of narrative * La Vanguardia (Spain) *\u003cbr\u003eNiemi's thriller has such a suggestive atmosphere -stifling in its sweating puritanism, yet somehow lyrical, with an incredibly well conceived plot\" laura ricci, \u003ci\u003eIl Sole 24 Ore\u003c\/i\u003e -- Laura Ricci * Il Sole 24 Ore (Italy) *\u003cbr\u003eAn original and gripping crime story -- Antonia Senior * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eAn invented tale of murder, superstition and bigotry . . . Niemi succeeds in constructing a story that works as a murder mystery and as a compelling study of a dangerously inward-looking community. -- Nick Rennison * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The year's most memorable narrator . . . An unusual and intriguing crime story.\u003c\/p\u003e * Sunday Times Books of the Year *\u003cbr\u003eA riveting, psychologically astute mystery . . . an example of both superb genre fiction and character-driven literary fiction. It is not to be missed. -- Michael Cart * Booklist *","brand":"Quercus Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48737640284503,"sku":"9780857058966","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780857058966.jpg?v=1723811333","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/to-cook-a-bear-9780857058966","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}