The World of Books // Friday, March 17, 2023
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"One of the traits of Indrldason's writing is his use of the collective memory of Icelanders to give his novels a depth of reality," writes Torfi Tulinius, Dean of the Faculty of Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies at Reykjavík University. "Icelanders are passionate about their island's past, which they have carefully recorded on paper over the centuries: this is undoubtedly what appeals to them in my books," the writer agrees. A recipe thanks to which he first conquered the national readership with his third novel, The City of Jars (2005). At the time, the detective genre hardly existed on this island with almost non-existent crime. A pioneer, he opened a breach, into which other authors rushed, like Arni Thorarinsson. Success followed abroad, particularly in France, where he is now considered a Nordic Simenon."