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17/05/2017

Jo Nesbo

BBC Radio Scotland - Stark Talk, Jo Nesbo

Edi Stark talks to bestselling Nordic crime novelist and former stockbroker Jo Nesbo.

Edi Stark talks to bestselling Nordic crime novelist and former stockbroker Jo Nesbo about combining his writing career with being a successful rock musician.

Best selling Nordic crime writer Jo Nesbo, whose books have sold 33 million copies globally, talks to edi Stark about key turning points in his life, when he realised nothing is safe and there can be a blurred distinction between right and wrong. The experiences of his father, he explains, are critical to the themes in his books
He also tells edi about his promising career as a teenage professional footballer...and why injury proved to be a fortunate event. 
In his thirties, after nine years as a stockbroker he wrote his first Harry Hole book and he admits that the flawed detective shares some of his own characteristics. 
He also talks about combining being a successful rock musician with his stellar writing career.

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