The Exception Paperback by Christian Jungersen

Product Details

• Publisher: Anchor Canada (2008-07-08)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 512 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780385661966
• Item Weight: 362.88 grams
• Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.25 x 1.05 cm

Four women – intimate with the psychology of evil – work together for a small nonprofit that disseminates information on genocide. When two of them receive death threats, they immediately believe the messages come from one of their recently profiled war criminals. As the tensions mount among the women, each discovers that none of the others is exactly the person they seem to be. Their obsession with tracking down the killer turns into a witch hunt: one by one, the women dismiss the idea that the threats were sent from the outside and begin to suspect each other, disclosing the jealousies and contempt that have been simmering just beneath the surface.

A tautly woven philosophical drama with all the trimmings of an electrifying murder mystery, The Exception heralds Christian Jungersen as a gifted storyteller and keen observer of the human psyche.

About the Author

Christian Jungersen’s novel Thickets won the Best First Novel award in Denmark. The Exception, his second novel, won Denmark’s prestigious Golden Laurels prize and is his first novel to be translated into English. He divides his time between Dublin and Copenhagen.