![]() "The Snowman" has been optioned by Working Title films, ironically, the same production company behind the movie version of "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo." The book is already a bestseller in Britain, won Norway's novel of the year in 2008, and appears headed for the big screen. It's a terrifying thriller, about the hunt for a serial killer, who leaves a snowman as his calling card. It's Nesbø's seventh novel featuring police detective and recovering alcoholic, Harry Hole (pronounced WHO-leh). "The Snowman" hit bookstores in the United States last week and is winning raves from American critics. While his crime novels have sold nine million copies worldwide, he's just becoming widely known in the United States, but his new novel will likely change that. He was writing bestsellers for ten years before Larsson's "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" was published. ![]() Nesbø (pronounced NESS-buh) is a former professional soccer player, musician and stock broker, who eventually turned to writing. The 51-year old from Oslo, Norway says he has more in common with American hard-boiled crime fiction. ![]() It's not that Nesbø doesn't care for the comparison. (CNN) - He's a best-selling crime novelist from a Scandinavian country, but don't call Jo Nesbø the next Stieg Larsson. ![]()
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