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Oblivion
Oblivion | Arnaldur Indridason
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Detective Erlendur is back. In Oblivion Erlendur is a recently promoted detective. His world is dominated by drug-dealers, a cold case involving a missing schoolgirl, a CIA operative and the murky history of America's presence in Iceland. In the windswept volcanic landscape of south-west Iceland, a vast aircraft hangar rises behind the perimeter fence of the US naval air base. It is night. Inside the hangar, colossal scaffolding reaches to the roof where contractors have been working. There is a clang and a length of piping falls to the ground from a high platform, followed almost immediately by a dull thud as a man's body falls after it. Several miles away, a woman is swimming in the milky-blue lagoon formed from waste water pumped out by a geothermal power station. It is an eerie, remote spot but the waters have healing properties. Steam rises from the blue-white lagoon and the moss-grown lava. In the background towers the floodlit bulk of the power station. The ghostly light reveals a shoe sticking out of the water, attached to a body.
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EadieB
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Day 5 - #Oblivion #BeautifulWords
#IntoOblivion #ArnaldurIndridason

ob·liv·i·on
/əˈblivēən/

noun: oblivion

the state of being unaware or unconscious of what is happening.“they drank themselves into oblivion“

the state of being forgotten, especially by the public.“his name will fade into oblivion“

extinction.“only our armed forces stood between us and oblivion.”

OriginalCyn620 One of my favorite words! The book sounds good! 4y
EadieB @OriginalCyn620 It is a great word! Looking forward to reading this series! 4y
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rabbitprincess
Oblivion | Arnaldur Indridason
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The second of the Erlendur prequels, in which we go back to his younger days on the Reykjavík police force. Two cases are juggled deftly, one playing into Erlendur's obsession with missing persons cases, one drawing on the US military presence in Iceland during the Cold War. A good read.

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MrBook
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This series of close-up's is for @Andrew65 and others who wanted them 😁👍🏻. Half of the Nordic table. #LitsyLovesLibraries

Tove_Reads Where are all the Finnish books? 7y
Andrew65 Thanks @MrBook , you know how we love to look at books! Our favourite preoccupation! And thank you for the larger pictures and tags. Amazing how displays like this have to pull you in! 7y
Andrew65 @Tove_Reads When I was checking up for a Finland book for a challenge recently I noticed there didn‘t seem as many books set in Finland as for some of the other Scandinavian countries. Not by a Finnish author but just got a book set in Finland out from the library 7y
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Andrew65 @Tove_Reads Do you have any recommendations for books set in Finland? 7y
Tove_Reads @Andrew65 I need to check which ones have been translated. Only set in Finland, not just books by Finnish authors? 7y
Andrew65 @Tove_Reads Even better if they are written by Finnish authors 😊 7y
Tove_Reads @Andrew65 cool! I‘ll make a list tonight. 7y
Andrew65 @Tove_Reads Great, Thanks 😊 Really appreciative of this and thanks for putting some time into it. 7y
ephemeralwaltz Nice!!! 7y
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Dulcinella
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I liked the book. Thriller. Nordic noir. Set in Icelan. Used for my #popsugarchallenge2018 and #readingaroundtheworld #litsychallenges Book 4 @JenP

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Pandalibrarian
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Perfect way to spend the holiday - reading an entire book in one day. I enjoyed this early look at detective Erlunder and get some of his back story. And I love the Icelandic setting - someday I'll visit.

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BethFishReads
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I enjoy this series translated from the Icelandic. This installment returns us to Erlendur's youth. It's 1979 and he's a newish detective. Gritty and well written books.

slhbooks I liked reading about Erlendur: The Early Years🕵🏻 8y
BethFishReads @slhbooks some ppl didn't like going back but I liked seeing him young 8y
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