Norwegian by Night

HewillnotadmitittoRheaandLars-never,ofcoursenot-butSheldoncan'thelpbutwonderwhatitishe'sdoinghere.Eighty-twoyearsold,andrecentlywidowed,SheldonHorowitzhasgrudginglymovedtoOslo,withhisgrand-daughterandherNorwegianhusband.Anex-Marine,hetalksoftentotheghostsofhispast-thefriendshelostinthePacificandthesonwhofollowedhimintotheUSArmy,andtohisdeathinVietnam.WhenSheldonwitnessesthemurderofawomaninhisapartmentcomplex,herescueshersix-year-oldsonanddecidestorun.PursuedbyboththeBalkangangresponsibleforthemurder,andtheNorwegianpolice,hehastorelyontrainingfromoverhalfacenturybeforetotryandkeeptheboysafe.Againstastrangeandforeignlandscape,thisunlikelycouple,whocan'tspeakthesamelanguage,starttoformabondthatmayjustsavethemboth.Anextraordinarydebut,featuringamemorablehero,NorwegianbyNightisthelastadventureofamanstilltryingtocometotermswiththetragediesofhislife.Compellingandsophisticated,itisbothachasethroughthewoodsthrillerandanemotionallyhauntingnovelaboutageingandregret.