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Syn
Author: Jo Nesbø
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A single confession disrupts Sonny's prison routine and shakes his understanding of the past. Nesbo's standalone thriller connects his acceptance of other people's guilt with a personal reason to reexamine his own life.
Syn is a standalone crime thriller by Jo Nesbo set in a dark Oslo. Sonny Lofthus seems to be the ideal prisoner. Other inmates confess to him, and he is rumored to take the blame for their crimes in exchange for a steady supply of drugs. One confession, however, changes everything he thought he knew about his own past.
Book information
- Author
- Jo Nesbo
- Publisher
- Albatros Media a.s.
- Imprint
- Kniha Zlín
- Formát
- E-book
- Language
- Czech
- Genre
- krimi, thriller, severské krimi
- Original title
- Sonnen
- ISBN
- 978-80-747-3357-4
- Publication date
- 1. July 2017
- Pages
- 500
- E-book formats
- EPUB (ISBN 978-80-747-3377-2) · PDF (ISBN 978-80-747-3376-5) · MOBI (ISBN 978-80-747-3378-9)
What is Syn about?
Sonny spends years in the tightly guarded Staten prison. He occupies an unusual position among his fellow inmates, listening to their confessions and offering a kind of absolution. He is addicted to drugs and, according to prison rumors, serves sentences for other people's crimes as well. His life changes when he learns something about his father's death. Abandoning his former passivity, Sonny escapes and begins tracing the people and system that shaped his life. Nesbo intertwines a revenge story with a portrait of corruption reaching into the police, the justice system, business, and organized crime.
Themes and motifs
Revenge
Discovering the truth about the past leads Sonny to settle scores with those he holds responsible.
Guilt and redemption
Sonny takes on other people's guilt, and his story explores sin, punishment, and the possibility of making amends.
Father and son
His relationship with his late father and the truth about his father's past are central motivations for the protagonist.
Corruption
The story depicts connections between crime and Oslo's power structures.
Justice and the law
The novel sets the formal legal system against a personal understanding of justice.
Setting
Contemporary Oslo, Staten prison, and the worlds of policing, the justice system, and the criminal underworld.
Main characters
Sonny Lofthus
A young prisoner with a drug addiction who escapes and takes action after learning information about his father.
Ab Lofthus
Sonny's late father, a former police officer whose past is a significant part of the story.
Simon Kefas
A police officer and former colleague and close friend of Sonny's father who becomes involved in investigating events connected to Sonny.
Who is this book for?
For readers of Nordic crime fiction and dark thrillers about revenge, corruption, and morally ambiguous characters.
Book context
Sønnen was published in Norway in 2014. It is a standalone crime novel by Jo Nesbo, outside the Harry Hole series. According to SOURCE_FACT, the Czech edition titled Syn was published electronically in 2017 and has 500 pages.
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What is Jo Nesbo's Syn about?
Sonny Lofthus serves prison sentences that include punishment for other people's crimes. When he learns crucial information about his father's death, his life changes and he sets out in search of truth and revenge.
What is the book's original title?
The original Norwegian title is Sønnen.
Is Syn part of the Harry Hole series?
No. It is a standalone crime novel.
Who is Sonny Lofthus?
Sonny is a prisoner to whom other inmates confess. In the story, he takes the blame for other people's crimes in exchange for drugs.
Where does the story take place?
In Oslo, within its prisons, police, justice system, and criminal world.
When was the original novel published?
The Norwegian original was published in 2014.
How many pages does this Czech edition have?
SOURCE_FACT lists 500 pages.
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