Jar City
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For the 2006 film adaption of this novel, see Jar City (film).
| Jar City (Tainted Blood) | |
|---|---|
 US 2005 hard cover | |
| Author | Arnaldur Indriðason |
| Original title | Mýrin |
| Translator | Bernard Scudder |
| Country | Iceland |
| Language | Icelandic |
| Series | Detective Erlendur, #3 |
| Genre | Crime, Mystery novel |
| Publisher |
Harvill Press (UK)[1] Thomas Dunne Books (US)[2] Vintage Books (UK)[3] |
Publication date | 2000 (Iceland) |
Published in English |
2004 (UK)[1] 2005 (US)[2] |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 224 pp (Eng. trans.) |
| ISBN |
ISBN 1-84343-101-7 (UK)[1] ISBN 0-312-34070-2 (US)[2] ISBN 0-09-946163-3 (Tainted Blood, UK)[3] |
| OCLC | 57527467 |
| Preceded by | Silent Kill |
| Followed by | Silence of the Grave |
Jar City, also known as Tainted Blood (Icelandic: Mýrin, "The Bog") (
listen (help·info)), is a crime novel by Icelandic author Arnaldur Indriðason, first published in Iceland in 2000. In the UK, the title was changed to Tainted Blood when the paperback edition was released.[3]
The novel won the Scandinavian crime writers' Glass Key award in 2002. In 2003, Arnaldur Indriðason's following novel, Silence of the Grave, also won the award, making him the first author to have won the award two years in a row.[4]
Awards
- 2002 Glass Key award (for best Nordic crime fiction novel)
Adaptations
A film version with the same name, directed by Baltasar Kormákur, premiered in Iceland on 20 October 2006 and in the UK on 12 September 2008.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 WorldCat: Jar City, London : Harvill Press, 2004 Retrieved 2012-11-26
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 WorldCat: Jar City, New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2005 Retrieved 2012-11-26
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 WorldCat: Tainted Blood, London : Vintage, 2005 Retrieved 2012-11-26
- ↑ Scandinavian Books: Scandinavian crime fiction awards Retrieved 2011-12-04.
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