![]() It was great information and a lot of it. It’s also heavy on cultural anthropology - the legends and myths of the Aborigines. The novel gives a tremendous amount of background on Harry. I started to get into the novel around chapter 20, then it started t wane again. It took some time to get into The Bat as there wasn’t much mind blowing action going on. However as the investigation progresses Harry finds himself more and more involved in solving the murder or as he discovers murders. However Harry soon finds out that he is to be a mere observer and to look at his time in Australia as a vacation. ![]() Inspector Harry Hole from the Oslo Crime Squad is sent to Syndey, Australia to assist in the murder investigation of a young Norwegian woman, who is minor television celebrity in his homeland. The Bat is the first book in the Inspector Harry Hole series and the latest to be released in the U.S. But I was even more ecstatic when I received a galley copy of the book from the publisher ( Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group) before its actual U.S. It saved me from ordering it from the U.K. ![]() I was absolutely ecstatic when I found out earlier this year that Jo Nesbo’s The Bat would finally be available in the U.S. ![]() First Vintage Crime/Black Lizard Edition, July 2013 ![]()
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