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The quiet girl

Author: Peter Høeg
Publisher: London : Harvill Secker, 2007.
Edition/Format:   Book : Fiction : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Set in Denmark in the here and now, The Quiet Girl centres around Kaspar Krone, a world-renowned circus clown with a deep love for the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, and an even deeper gambling debt. Wanted for tax evasion and on the verge of extradition, Krone is drafted into the service of a mysterious order of nuns who promise him reprieve from the international authorities in return for his help safeguarding a  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Fiction
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Peter Høeg
ISBN: 9781846550607 1846550602 1846550599 9781846550591
OCLC Number: 123798907
Language Note: Translated from the Danish.
Description: 406 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Other Titles: Stille pige.
Responsibility: Peter Høeg ; translated from the Danish by Nadia Christensen.

Abstract:

Kaspar Krone is a circus clown with a gambling debt. Wanted for tax evasion and on the verge of extradition, Krone is drafted into the service of an order of nuns who promise him reprieve from the  Read more...

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