Written by Jo Nesbo
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Harry Hole Novels
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Nesb%C3%B8

* 1997 – Flaggermusmannen "The Bat Man"; English translation by Don Bartlett: The Bat (2012)
* 1998 – Kakerlakkene "The Cockroaches"; English translation by Don Bartlett: The Cockroaches (2013)
* 2000 – Rødstrupe "Robin"; English translation by Don Bartlett: The Redbreast (2006)
* 2002 – Sorgenfri "Free of Sorrow"; English translation by Don Bartlett: Nemesis (2008)
* 2003 – Marekors "Pentagram"; English translation by Don Bartlett: The Devil's Star (2005)
* 2005 – Frelseren "Saviour"; English translation by Don Bartlett: The Redeemer (2009)
* 2007 – Snømannen "The Snowman"; English translation by Don Bartlett: The Snowman (2010)
* 2009 – Panserhjerte "Armoured Heart"; English translation by Don Bartlett: The Leopard (2011)
* 2011 – Gjenferd "Ghost"; English translation by Don Bartlett: Phantom (2012)
* 2013 – Politi "Police"


Jo Nesbo’s Anti-Hero: Harry Hole
From the Weekly Lizard: http://www.weeklylizard.com/blog/2012/01/12/jo-nesbos-anti-hero-harry-hole/

Harry Hole is not your standard detective. The protagonist of nine novels by Norwegian author Jo Nesbo, Hole is conflicted but driven, brilliant but reckless. Even his flaws are extreme, and sometimes it seems like a constant battle to keep those demons at bay. This is one anti-hero who plays by his own rules, and we just can’t get enough. Read on to get a full profile….
Curriculum Vitae

Personal Details
Harry Hole is in his late thirties. Born in Oppsal, Oslo, he is unmarried, with one great passion and several smaller ones behind him. No children, but on occasion a kind of father to Oleg, Rakel’s son. Lives in Sofies gate in Bislet, Oslo.

Appearance
Tall, athletic, lean. Blonde hair, machine-cropped. Stands up one centimetre from large, bumpy skull. Skin white, nose large, with a network of thin veins. Pupils are blue with that faded look long-term alcoholics get. Harry’s mouth is his best feature and what women tend to fall for.

Career
Graduated from Police College and Law School, grades marginally above average. Special investigator for Crime Squad in Oslo. One-year course with FBI in Chicago, specialising in serial killers. Short stint with Politiets Overvakningstjeneste—POT/ Norwegian Secret Service—before returning to the Crime Squad.

References
Bjarne Moller, Head of Crime Squad and Harry Hole’s superior officer, describes Harry as the best investigator in the department and the worst public servant. By which he means Harry’s anti-authority, anti-sobriety, anti-rules-of-the-game attitude which makes him a danger to himself and those around him. Does his utmost to protect himself and his department. And Harry. Moller is Harry’s guardian angel, all that stands between him and dismissal.

Stig Aune, psychologist and police advisor. Has treated Harry for alcoholism and become a personal friend. The only one, except for Oystein.

Oystein Eikeland, taxi-driver and Harry’s sole childhood friend from Oppsal. Thinks Harry ought to have a more liberal attitude to amphetamines.

Rakel, the woman he loves. Single mother. She and Harry try to live with and without each other; neither works.

Sis, his younger sister. The person Harry loves most after Rakel. Down’s syndrome. Feels like a big sister.

Jim Beam, contains 4O% alcohol, a loyal friend since Harry’s early twenties.

Interests
Music: likes everything from Sex Pistols to Duke Ellington. From Neil Young to Slipknot.

Film: His all-time favorite is The Conversation by Coppola. One of very few who consider Verhoeven’s Starship Troopers a masterpiece and Mel Gibson’s Braveheart complete rubbish.

Substance abuse: Alcoholism runs in the family. Started drinking heavily in his late teens, has tried most types of drugs. Views all drugs as anesthetics. Dry and sober most of the time, but with a furious and constant urge.

Sports: Cycling and pumping iron occasionally, cause he likes the purifying feeling pain gives him.

Ambitions and future plans
Ambition: To understand what evil is. And what love is.

Future plans: The near future looks dismal. After that it gets darker. And then it all goes to hell.

Curriculum Vitae provided courtesy of the author. Visit his official website at jonesbo.com.