A prize-winning literary thriller from a Danish author, which will appeal to fans of Paul Auster, Raymond Chandler and Graham Greene. Translated by K.E. Semmel.
THOMAS RYDAHL is a writer and translator. The Hermit is his debut novel and was awarded the Danish Debutant Award, the first time in the award¿s history that it has gone to a thriller. The Hermit has since gone on to win the prestigious Glass Key Award for the best Nordic crime novel and the Harald Mogensen Prize for the best Danish crime novel. Film rights to The Hermit have been optioned by Pretty Pictures, the company behind The Danish Girl. Thomas lives with his wife and daughter in Fredensborg, Denmark.
K. E. SEMMEL is a writer and translator whose work has appeared in Ontario Review, Washington Post, World Literature Today and elsewhere. He is a recipient of numerous grants from the Danish Arts Foundation and is a 2016 NEA Literary Translation Fellow. He lives in Milwaukee, America.
