

The Doctor Proctor series ĭoctor Proctor's Fart Powder, originally published in 2007, was Nesbø's first children's book. But Harry and the story make it worth the sleepless nights." Ī film adaptation of The Snowman, with Tomas Alfredson directing (replacing Martin Scorsese, who executive produced), and starring Michael Fassbender, Rebecca Ferguson, and Charlotte Gainsbourg, premiered in October 2017. But it is a dark soul, so it is – as always – both a thrill and a chilling, emotionally exhausting experience. On the return of Harry Hole in The Thirst, Nesbø said: "I was always coming back to Harry he is my soul mate. The Harry Hole novels are multi-layered, violent and often feature women in peril, as typified by The Snowman.

Hole takes on seemingly unconnected cases, sometimes found to involve serial killers, bank robbers, gangsters or the establishment, but spends a significant amount of time battling alcoholism and his own demons. The series follows Harry Hole, a tough detective working for Crime Squad and later with the National Criminal Investigation Service ( Kripos), whose investigations may take him from Oslo to Australia, Thailand, West Congo, Switzerland or Brazil. He worked as a freelance journalist and a stockbroker before he began his writing career. He graduated from the Norwegian School of Economics with a degree in Economics and Business Administration. Nesbø was born in 1960 in Oslo and grew up in Molde. The 2011 film Headhunters is based on Nesbø's novel Hodejegerne (The Headhunters). In 2007 he released his first children's book, Doktor Proktors Prompepulver (English translation: Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder). Known primarily for his crime novels featuring Inspector Harry Hole, Nesbø is also the main vocalist and songwriter for the Norwegian rock band Di Derre. More than 3 million copies of his novels had been sold in Norway as of March 2014 his work has been translated into over 50 languages, and by 2021 had sold some 50 million copies worldwide, making him the most successful Norwegian author of all time. Jo Nesbø ( Norwegian: born Jon Nesbø 29 March 1960) is a Norwegian writer, musician, economist, and former football player and reporter. *Club domestic league appearances and goals Crime fiction, horror fiction, mystery fiction, children's books juvenile fiction
