True Deceiver

Tove Jansson

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Publisher: SORT OF BOOKS

Publication Date : 22/10/2009

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Guardian Bookshop Notes:

The first English translation, with an introduction by Ali Smith. In the deep winter snows of a Swedish hamlet, a strange young woman fakes a break-in at the house of an elderly woman to prove she needs companionship, but what does she hope to gain from this? A cross-over to the crime market.

Publisher's description:

In the deep winter snows of a Swedish hamlet, a strange young woman fakes a break-in at the house of an elderly artist in order to persuade her that she needs companionship. But what does she hope to gain by doing this? And who ultimately is deceiving whom?

ISBN: 9780954899578