Tainted Blood

Tainted Blood  
Author(s) Arnaldur Indriðason
Original title Mýrin
Translator Bernard Scudder
Country Iceland
Language Icelandic
Series Detective Erlendur, #3
Genre(s) Crime, Mystery novel
Publisher Harvill Press (Eng. trans.)
Publication date 2000 (orig.) (Eng. trans. 2004)
Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages 224 pp (Eng. trans.)
ISBN ISBN 0-09-946163-3 (Eng. trans.)
OCLC Number 57527467
Preceded by Silent Kill
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 (although the initial title is still used in the United States).

In the original Icelandic, the novel won the Scandinavian crime writers' Glass Key award. Arnaldur 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.[1]

Awards and nominations

Film, TV or theatrical adaptations

A film based on the novel, internationally called Jar City and directed by Baltasar Kormákur, premiered in Iceland on October 20, 2006.

Jar City was released in the UK on September 12th 2008.

References

  1. ^ Scandinavian crime fiction awards, Scandinavian Books. Retrieved 2011-12-04.