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Harry Hole’s Inner Demon

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Harry Hole’s Inner Demon

In questioning what it is about Jo Nesbo’s Harry Hole that has attracted such an avid following, I wrote a short list of traits that I felt were key to Harry’s character, beginning with his alcoholism , his ‘inner demon.’ In each of the novels I’ve read so far, Harry at some point or another succumbs to his demon. It’s never just a … [Read more...]

Jo Nesbo’s Harry Hole – 5 negative traits (that make him so appealing)

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In my last post I suggested that I wanted to explore what all my moody sleuths have in common, as well as what sets them apart, and since I was re-visiting Jo Nesbo's Harry Hole series (this time on audio) I decided to take a look at what makes Harry Hole the kind of protagonist that attracts a following, as well as what sets him apart … [Read more...]

The Harry Hole Project

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When Jo Nesbo’s first Harry Hole novel, The Bat, finally made it into English translation, I wasn’t in any great hurry to read it given previous disappointments reading series debuts, but I read a couple of good reviews and decided maybe it would be interesting to discover whether Harry Hole started out as troubled as he appears in later … [Read more...]

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