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Original Title:	Flateyjargáta
ISBN:	1611090970 (ISBN13: 9781611090970)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	Flately,1960(Iceland) Iceland,1960
Literary Awards:	Glass Key Award Nominee (2004)

The Flatey Enigma

Viktor Arnar Ingólfsson

Paperback | Pages: 348 pages

Rating: 3.43 | 1218 Users | 167 Reviews

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Title	:	The Flatey Enigma
Author	:	Viktor Arnar Ingólfsson
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 348 pages
Published	:	March 20th 2012 by Amazon Crossing (first published 2002)
Categories	:	Mystery. Fiction. Crime. Thriller

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Ketilsey Island, 1960.

Near this deserted island off the western coast of Iceland, the dawning of spring brings with it new life for the local wildlife. But for the decaying body discovered by three seal hunters, winter is a matter of permanence. After it is found to be a Danish cryptographer missing for months, the ensuing investigation uncovers a mysterious link between him and a medieval manuscript known as the Book of Flatey.

Before long another body is found on Flatey, another tiny island off the western coast. This time, in the ancient Viking tradition, the victim’s back has been mutilated with the so-called blood eagle. Kjartan, the district magistrate’s representative sent to investigate the crime, soon finds himself descending into the dark, dangerous world of ancient legends, symbology, and secret societies to find the killer.

Viktor Arnar Ingolfsson’s Glass Key–nominated Nordic mystery captures the era with visceral authenticity and the austere quiet of a world far off the beaten track. Full of surprising humor, complex clues, and brooding intensity, The Flatey Enigma is so captivating you won’t be able to put the book down until Kjartan has cracked the code.

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Ratings: 3.43 From 1218 Users | 167 Reviews

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I was about a third of the way through this novel when I realized what an excellent work of PR it was, if it's aim was to raising awareness about the Flatey manuscript. I unaware of the saga previously, but it was near-impossible to not become fascinated by the various snippets that are threaded throughout the book (and later explained). Turns out there's a massive effort to preserve Flatøyboka (the Norse saga) and translation of the text into English is due to be finished in 2020! So if after

Myth and death in Iceland Quite a good tricky story and an exercise in ancient Nordic literature . A bit slow nevertheless... and the characters arent as lively as they could be . But maybe it is the cold ?...

Although the professionals from Reykjavik are finally sent for, it's the amateurs who really do the lion's share of the murder investigations in The Flatey Enigma, and I found following them around this remote area of western Iceland to be fascinating. As villagers are interviewed, as they help guide the magistrate's assistant from place to place, the reader learns a lot about the customs and food of Iceland in 1960. I have to admit that I tended to skim over the menus quickly because roast

Difficult but rewardingI read a recommendation for this book in an airline magazine and was intrigued. I did not expect that the Icelandic place and person names would be so difficult to keep straight but fortunately the plot and characters were well defined to keep my interest. I liked the way the author weaved history into the story and wrapped the fiction around the actual Flatey Manuscript. The authors use of crass language in places is probably accurate for the characters involved but

I really enjoyed the structure of this book. It's more of a historical fiction than a murder mystery, but if you're interested in life in remote Iceland in the 1960s or the Icelandic sagas, then it's fun. It takes some time to get used to the tone of the author (typical of translated Icelandic authors, I find), which can be a bit dry and expository. Much is lost in a translation, I'm afraid, but this one actually seems to be quite a lot better than other translated Icelandic authors I've tried

I dnf'd about 50 pages in. I didn't mind the slow pacing, and I was excited about the historical/cultural aspects, but in the end I hated the prose. And life is too short to read prose you don't like.

I bought this book because it was the Kindle deal of day (meaning cheap), it had alright reviews, and it was set in iceland, a place I have never read much about. I did read in the Amazon reviews that the English translation is awful, which it is, and that the story can be slow, which it also is. But aside from this I enjoyed this book. Hopefully if you go in knowing it's main shortcomings it will make it easier to read and ignore, or at least try, the sometimes confusing syntax. The