En lo alto de una montąa, en los p̀ramos de Noruega, hay un viejo caser̤n habitado por un hombre solitario. Se llama Roy, es experto en p̀jaros, lleva la gasolinera del pueblo y en cada casa corre un rumor sobre ̌l. Su vida gris se reabre con la vuelta de Carl, su hermano pequęo. No se ven desde que se fue a estudiar a Estados Unidos hace quince ąos, tras la muerte tr̀gica de sus padres en un accidente de coche. El hijo pr̤digo trae consigo a su flamante esposa, Shannon, una enigm̀tica arquitecta: han ideado un plan para construir un gran hotel en los antiguos terrenos familiares y podr̕an hacerse ricos, no solo ellos sino adem̀s los vecinos de la zona. Sin embargo, pronto llegan tambǐn los malos presagios. Porque es dif̕cil reinventarse en una comunidad pequęa donde todos se conocen, y a los habitantes del lugar les costar̀ olvidar ciertos episodios del pasado. Sobre todo, al agente Olsen, hijo del antiguo alguacil, que desapareci̤ tiempo atr̀s en extrąas circunstancias. El reino es un thriller gigantesco, adictivo y complejo, que retrata como ning͠n libro de Nesbø las pasiones humanas, y que ha sido considerado inmediatamente por la cr̕tica una obra maestra. At the top of a mountain, in the moors of Norway, there is an old mansion inhabited by a lonely man. His name is Roy, he is an expert on birds, he runs the town gas station and a rumor goes around in every house about him. His gray life reopens with the return of Carl, his little brother. They have not seen each other since he went to study in the United States fifteen years ago, after the tragic death of his parents in a car accident. The prodigal son brings with him his brand new wife, Shannon, an enigmatic architect: they have devised a plan to build a grand hotel on the old family grounds and they could get rich, not only they but also the neighbors of the area. However, bad omens also soon arrive. Because it is difficult to reinvent yourself in a small community where everyone knows each other, and it will be difficult for the locals to forget certain episodes from the past. Above all, Officer Olsen, the son of the former bailiff, who disappeared long ago under strange circumstances. The Kingdom is a gigantic, addictive and complex thriller that portrays human passions like no other book by Nesbø, and has been immediately considered by critics a masterpiece.
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