The RedbreastIn 1942, Daniel, a soldier legendary among the Norwegians fighting the advance of Bolshevism on the Russian front, is killed. Two years later, a wounded soldier wakes in a Vienna hospital. He becomes involved with a young nurse, the consequences of which will ripple forward to the end of the century. |
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Page 41
... stared towards the booth . A couple of the yellow leaves swirled up by the motorcade were still floating through the air before settling on a dirty grey grass verge . He stared towards the booth . It was silent again , and for a moment ...
... stared towards the booth . A couple of the yellow leaves swirled up by the motorcade were still floating through the air before settling on a dirty grey grass verge . He stared towards the booth . It was silent again , and for a moment ...
Page 46
... stared out into the grey - white dark . White snow , white camouflage uniforms , white fire . The skies are lit up again . All sorts of shadows flit across the crust of the snow . Gudbrand stared up again . Yellow and red flashes on the ...
... stared out into the grey - white dark . White snow , white camouflage uniforms , white fire . The skies are lit up again . All sorts of shadows flit across the crust of the snow . Gudbrand stared up again . Yellow and red flashes on the ...
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... stared at Harry from behind a layer of limp skin folds . ' Dreadful ! ' Harry had heard enough drunken babblings in his life not to take any particular notice of what regulars at Schrøder's had to say , but this was different . In all ...
... stared at Harry from behind a layer of limp skin folds . ' Dreadful ! ' Harry had heard enough drunken babblings in his life not to take any particular notice of what regulars at Schrøder's had to say , but this was different . In all ...
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Akershus Fortress answer arms Åsnes Aune Bernt Brandhaug Brandhaug breath Brockhard cigarette coffee Crime Squad Daniel Gudeson door Drammen Eastern Front Edvard Mosken Ellen eyes face Fauke Fauke's finger Folldal Fuck gate glass Gudbrand Johansen Hallgrim Dale Halvorsen hand Harry asked Harry Hole Harry thought Harry's head hear heard Helena Hochner Juul Juul's Karl Johans gate killed knew Kripos Krohn laughed looked Majorstuen Märklin rifle Meirik Møller mother mouth murder Nasjonal Samling neo-Nazis night nodded Nortraship Norway Norwegian Oleg Oslo perhaps police Prince pulled Rakel realised remember round Russian Schrøder's Sennheim shook shouted Sindre Fauke sitting smile snow someone sound stared Stephansdom stood stopped Sverre Olsen talking telephone tell There's thing told took turned Uriah Vienna voice Waaler waiting walked watch Weber Wehrmacht window woman Youngstorget