Smilla's sense of snow, paperback/peter hoeg

A Time Best Book of the Year - An Entertainment Weekly Best Book of the Year - A People Best Book of the Year - Winner of the CWA Silver Dagger Award - A Finalist for the Edgar Award for Best Mystery Novel - Seductive.

a superbly constructed thriller.

--- People - Splendid entertainment.

The suspense novel as exploration of the heart.

--- The New York Times Book Review - Astonishing.

Like John le Carre and Graham Greene before him, Peter Hoeg has given a thriller moral and political resonance.

--- Los Angeles Times - A considerable achievement, a riveting suspense tale.

---Jane Smiley, The Washington Post Book World - A book of considerable intelligence.

Demands to be read aloud and savored.

--- The New Yorker - Wonderful.

A thriller like no other.

--- Newsweek - Enchanting.

--- Chicago Tribune - Beautifully written and beautifully translated.

--- The Seattle Times - The bestthriller] Ive read in years.

--- The New Republic - Peter Hoeg has shown himself to be a writer of real stature.

--- The Times (London) - One never wants to stop reading.

--- Orlando Sentinel First published in 1992, Smillas Sense of Snow instantly became an international sensation.

When caustic Smilla Jaspersen discovers that her neighbor---a neglected six-year-old boy, and possibly her only friend---has died in a tragic accident, a peculiar intuition tells her it was murder.

Unpredictable to the last page, Smillas Sense of Snow is one of the most beautifully written and original crime stories of our time, a new classic.