{"product_id":"9781917764346-winter-job","title":"The Winter Job","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe darkly funny, touching new thriller from the author of the Netflix hit LITTLE SIBERIA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA darkly humorous and warmly touching suspense novel about friendship, love and death, The Winter Job flies a hundred and twenty kilometres an hour straight into the darkest heart of a Finnish winter night.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA desperate father’s Christmas promise sparks a wild Finnish road trip involving an antique sofa, unexpected passengers and danger … A darkly humorous and warmly touching suspense novel about friendship, love and death, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Winter Job\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e flies at 120 kilometres an hour straight into the darkest heart of a Finnish winter night. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Another wonderfully lean slice of European noir by one of its finest exponents. As darkly fun as any Coen brothers' offering' \u003cb\u003eVaseem Khan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘The king of the humorous crime caper’ \u003cb\u003eAbir Mukherjee\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'It may seem hard to find good comic crime-writers, but clearly we haven’t been looking in Finland' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe NEW standalone darkly funny, poignant and uber-tense thriller from ‘The funniest writer in Europe’ (\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eFargo\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e meets Carl Hiassen and Fredrik Backman … via the Coen Brothers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e____\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSofas, secrets and a snowbound road to trouble…\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHelsinki, 1982. Recently divorced postal worker Ilmari Nieminen has promised his daughter a piano for Christmas, but with six days to go – and no money – he’s desperate. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA last-minute job offers a solution: transport a valuable antique sofa to Kilpisjärvi, the northernmost town in Finland. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith the sofa secured in the back of his van, Ilmari stops at a gas station, and an old friend turns up, offering to fix his faulty wipers, on the condition that he tags along. Soon after, a persistent Saab 96 appears in the rearview mirror. And then a bright-yellow Lada.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat’s when Ilmari realises that he is transporting something truly special. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd that’s when Ilmari realises he might be in serious trouble…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA darkly funny and unexpectedly moving thriller about friendship, love and death – \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Winter Job\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e tears through the frozen landscape of northern Finland in a beat-up van with bad steering, worse timing, and everything to lose…\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Antti Tuomainen\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Humour drier than a desert snake’s belly’\u003cb\u003e Ian Moore\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘You don’t expect to laugh when you’re reading about terrible crimes, but that’s what you’ll do when you pick up one of Tuomainen’s decidedly quirky thrillers’ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Deftly plotted, poignant and perceptive in its wry reflections … and very funny' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e‘Laconic, thrilling and warmly human’ \u003cb\u003eChristopher Brookmyre\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Right up there with the best’ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Finland's greatest export’ \u003cb\u003eM.J. Arlidge\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A refreshing change from the decidedly gloomier crime fiction for which Scandinavia is known’ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Fresh and witty’ \u003cb\u003eChris Ewan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Charming, funny and clever’ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Thrilling and hilarious’\u003cb\u003e Liz Nugent\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A delight from start to finish’ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBig Issue\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Tuomainen has a talent for creating offbeat characters that you can’t help rooting for' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGuardian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57684690731382,"sku":"9781917764346","price":7.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781917764346-winter-job","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}