{"product_id":"winter-job","title":"The Winter Job","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA desperate father''s Christmas promise sparks a wild Finnish road trip involving an antique sofa, unexpected passengers and danger ... A darkly humorous and warmly touching suspense novel about friendship, love and death,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Winter Job\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eflies at 120 kilometres an hour straight into the darkest heart of a Finnish winter night.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e***WINNER OF THE CWA CRIME IN TRANSLATION DAGGER***\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e`Another wonderfully lean slice of European noir by one of its finest exponents. As darkly fun as any Coen brothers'' offering´ \u003cb\u003eVaseem Khan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e`The king of the humorous crime caper´ \u003cb\u003eAbir Mukherjee\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e`With echoes of writers such as Christopher Brookmyre and Carl Hiassen, this is delicious stuff, expertly juggling dark humour and quirky characterisation against the backdrop of a frigid northern landscape´ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e`A quirky, murderous road trip ... 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Recently divorced postal worker Ilmari Nieminen has promised his daughter a piano for Christmas, but with six days to go - and no money - he''s desperate.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA last-minute job offers a solution: transport a valuable antique sofa to Kilpisjärvi, the northernmost town in Finland.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith the sofa secured in the back of his van, Ilmari stops at a gas station, and an old friend turns up, offering to fix his faulty wipers, on the condition that he tags along. Soon after, a persistent Saab 96 appears in the rearview mirror. 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Another winner´ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eCulturefly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e`It may seem hard to find good comic crime-writers, but clearly we haven''t been looking in Finland´ Telegraph`Are you ready for the latest dose of dark humour, clever plotting, great characterisation and touching insights into the human soul? ... A joy to read´ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNordic Lighthouse\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Antti Tuomainen\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e`Humour drier than a desert snake''s belly´ \u003cb\u003eIan Moore\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e`You don''t expect to laugh when you''re reading about terrible crimes, but that''s what you''ll do when you pick up one of Tuomainen''s decidedly quirky thrillers´ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e`Laconic, thrilling and warmly human´ \u003cb\u003eChristopher Brookmyre\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e`Right up there with the best´ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e`Finland''s greatest export´ \u003cb\u003eM.J. 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