- Icelandic Literary Prize 2004 · Shortlist
The Draining Lake
Kleifarvatn
Arnaldur Indriðason (born 1961)
Translated by Bernard Scudder
English editions
In EnglishThe Draining Lake
Picador · United States · 2009 · Paperback · 323 pages
The Draining Lake
Harvill Secker · United Kingdom · 2007 · 312 pages
The Draining Lake
Thomas Dunne Books · United States · September 2008 · Hardcover · 312 pages
The Draining Lake
Vintage · United Kingdom · 2008 · Paperback · 373 pages
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After an earthquake the level of Lake Kleifarvatn drops, and in the sand the water used to cover lies the skeleton of a man, tied to a radio transmitter bearing a Russian inscription. The police are called, and the inquiry leads Erlendur, Elínborg and Sigurður Óli decades into the past, to people who dreamed of a fairer society and to passions that lost out to the Cold War.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 349 pages in the original
- Genres
- Crime, Politics (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Iceland
- First published
- 2004 by Vaka-Helgafell
- Author's age
- 43 when first published
- ISBN
9789979217947 (original)
9781846550959 (Harvill Secker, United Kingdom)
9780312358730 (Thomas Dunne Books, United States)
9780099494140 (Vintage, United Kingdom)
9780312428587 (Picador, United States)