Book Overview
Jonas Wergeland has been convicted of the murder of his wife Margrete. What brought Norway's darling to this end? A professor has been set the task of writing a biography of the once celebrated, now notorious, television personality; in doing so he hopes to solve the riddle of Jonas Wergeland's success and downfall. But the sheer volume of material on his subject is so daunting that the professor finds himself completely bogged down, at a loss as how to proceed, until the evening when a mysterious stranger knocks on his door and offers to tell him stories which will help him unravel the strands of Wergeland's life.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1905147384
ISBN13:9781905147380
Release Date:February 2025
Publisher:Arcadia Books
Length:493 Pages
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Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 14 years ago
The Conqueror is the only book in the Wergeland trilogy I've read, but it is an outstanding portrait of a fallen man or, maybe, a man who has fallen in the public's eye. The book seamlessly weaves details of Jonas Wergeland's life together with episodes of his television program. What I like best, is that the narrator (who at times annoys me to know ends, but in a manner a real individual would) is not reliable. You don't know if what she is saying is true or not, but it does not matter. You are taken by her telling and want to know how it all plays out, how all the disparate pieces come together at the end and what they reveal about this man who was so revered. I look forward to reading the Discoverer and eventually picking up The Seducer.
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