Tainted Blood
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| Author | Arnaldur Indriðason |
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| Original title | Mýrin |
| Translator | Bernard Scudder |
| Country | Iceland |
| Language | Icelandic |
| Series | Detective Erlendur, #3 |
| Genre(s) | Crime, Mystery novel |
| Publisher | Harvill Press (Eng. trans.) |
| Released | 2000 (orig.) (Eng. trans. 2004) |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 224 pp (Eng. trans.) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-09-946163-3 (Eng. trans.) |
| Followed by | Silence of the Grave |
Tainted Blood (Icelandic: Mýrin) is a crime novel by Icelandic author Arnaldur Indriðason, originally published in Iceland in 2000. The novel was first published in English as Jar City, but the title was changed for following editions. In the original Icelandic, the novel won the Scandinavian crime writers' Glass Key award. Indriðason's following novel, Silence of the Grave, won the award in the following year also, making him the first author ever to have won the award two years running.
[edit] Awards and nominations
- 2002 Glass key award (for Nordic crime fiction novel)
[edit] Film version
A film based on the novel, directed by Baltasar Kormákur, premiered in Iceland on October 20, 2006.
[edit] External links
- Mýrin at the Internet Movie Database
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