The Quiet Girl A Novel [Paperback]

The internationally acclaimed bestselling author ofSmilla's Sense of Snowreturns with this engrossing, beautifully written tale of suspense . . . captivating (The Miami Herald).

Set in Denmark in the here and now, Peter Hoeg'sThe Quiet Girlcenters around Kaspar Krone, a world-renowned circus clown with a deep love for the music of Johan Sebastian Bach, and an even deeper gambling debt. Wanted for tax evasion and on the verge of extradition, Krone is drafted into the service of a mysterious order of nuns who promise him reprieve from the international authorities in return for his help safeguarding a group of children with mystical abilities -- abilities that Krone also shares.

When one of the children goes missing, Krone sets off to find the young girl and bring her back, making a shocking series of discoveries along the way about her identity and the true intentions of his young wards. The result is a fast-paced, philosophical thriller blending social realism with the literary fantastic and pitting art and spirituality against corporate interests and nothing less than the will to war by the industrialized world.

The Quiet Girlis a masterful, inventive novel that marks the triumphal return of one of the great writers of the international literary world.

Peter Hoeg, born in 1957 in Denmark, followed various callings--dancer, actor, sailor, fencer, and mountaineer--before turning seriously to writing. His work has been published in thirty-three countries.The Quiet Girlis his fifth novel.

H?eg writes prose that is both changeable and deep-fathomed as poetry . . . [it]demands to be read aloud and savored. The New Yorker on Smilla's Sense of Snow

Completely immersive and riveting . . . There is more wit, gravity, and madcap pleasure in The Quiet Girl than in any new book I've read in recent memory. The New York Sun

Treat The Quiet Girl as a thriller, and you'll sprint hlsè