Harry Hole
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Harry Hole is the main character in a series of, so far, nine crime novels written by Jo Nesbø
. Hole is a classic loose cannon in the police force, with few close friends and some unorthodox methods.
, to cancer while he was in his twenties, and he has never had a close relationship to his father Olav Hole, who is a teacher. Harry has a younger sister with Downs syndrome.
Hole is a heavy smoker and an alcoholic. The latter brings him into repeated conflict with his superiors and some of his colleagues, but Bjarne Møller (not to be confused with Barney Miller
), head of Hole's department and one of his closest friends, manages to prevent him from being kicked out. This is not primarily due to pity, but the fact that Harry Hole is also a brilliant detective. He is foremost recognized in Norway due to his involvement in the catching of a serial killer in Australia. Harry Hole is one of few on the force who has undergone special training by the FBI.
He also has two close friends at the Forensics division of norwegian police, one of them being Beate Lønn whom Harry often (off the record) use to extract crucial information from in critical situations.
Two of Hole's partners are killed in the line of duty during the series of novels. Proving that a highly regarded colleague is actually corrupt and responsible for the first of these murders becomes at some point Hole's main mission in life.
Harry Hole's home address is Sofies Gate in Bislett
, Oslo
. Close by is his favourite "watering hole", Restaurant Schrøder (or Schrøder's for short).
Jo Nesbø
Jo Nesbø is an Edgar Award nominated Norwegian author and musician. As of September 2008 more than one and a half million copies of his novels have been sold in Norway, and his work has been translated into over forty languages....
. Hole is a classic loose cannon in the police force, with few close friends and some unorthodox methods.
Character
Harry lost his mother, a descendant of the Sami peopleSami people
The Sami people, also spelled Sámi, or Saami, are the arctic indigenous people inhabiting Sápmi, which today encompasses parts of far northern Sweden, Norway, Finland, the Kola Peninsula of Russia, and the border area between south and middle Sweden and Norway. The Sámi are Europe’s northernmost...
, to cancer while he was in his twenties, and he has never had a close relationship to his father Olav Hole, who is a teacher. Harry has a younger sister with Downs syndrome.
Hole is a heavy smoker and an alcoholic. The latter brings him into repeated conflict with his superiors and some of his colleagues, but Bjarne Møller (not to be confused with Barney Miller
Barney Miller
Barney Miller is a situation comedy television series set in a New York City police station in Greenwich Village. The series originally was broadcast from January 23, 1975 to May 20, 1982 on ABC. It was created by Danny Arnold and Theodore J. Flicker...
), head of Hole's department and one of his closest friends, manages to prevent him from being kicked out. This is not primarily due to pity, but the fact that Harry Hole is also a brilliant detective. He is foremost recognized in Norway due to his involvement in the catching of a serial killer in Australia. Harry Hole is one of few on the force who has undergone special training by the FBI.
He also has two close friends at the Forensics division of norwegian police, one of them being Beate Lønn whom Harry often (off the record) use to extract crucial information from in critical situations.
Two of Hole's partners are killed in the line of duty during the series of novels. Proving that a highly regarded colleague is actually corrupt and responsible for the first of these murders becomes at some point Hole's main mission in life.
Harry Hole's home address is Sofies Gate in Bislett
Bislett
Bislett is a neighbourhood in the St. Hanshaugen borough in north-central Oslo, Norway. It is internationally famous for the Bislett Games, held at Bislett stadion....
, Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
. Close by is his favourite "watering hole", Restaurant Schrøder (or Schrøder's for short).
Books
- 1997 – Flaggermusmannen; English translation: The Bat Man
- 1998 – Kakerlakkene; English translation: The CockroachesThe Cockroaches (novel)The Cockroaches is a crime novel by Norwegian writer Jo Nesbø, the second in the Harry Hole series.Here we can read about Harry's journey to Thailand, where he is asked to solve the murder of the Norwegian ambassador. As usual, he mingles among the shadier neighbourhoods and eventually realizes...
- 2000 – Rødstrupe; English translation: The Redbreast (2006)
- 2002 – Sorgenfri; English translation: Nemesis (2008)
- 2003 – Marekors; English translation: The Devil's Star (2005)
- 2005 – Frelseren; English translation: The RedeemerThe Redeemer (novel)The Redeemer is a novel by popular Norwegian crime-writer Jo Nesbø, it is an entry in his popular and critically acclaimed Harry Hole series.-Plot:The Redeemer begins a number of years in the past, at a youth camp run by the Norwegian Salvation Army...
- 2007 – Snømannen; English translation: The Snowman
- 2009 – Panserhjerte; English translation: The LeopardThe Leopard (Nesbø novel)The Leopard is a crime novel by Norwegian novelist, Jo Nesbø. Its Norwegian title is Panserhjerte, which does not directly translate to The Leopard; it rather means something along the lines of "armour heart." It is the seventh novel featuring Nesbø's crime detective, Inspector Harry...
- 2011 – Gjenferd; English translation: The Ghost