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Harbour

By: John Ajvide Lindqvist
Narrated by: Julian Rhind-Tutt.
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About this listen

From the author of the international best seller Let the Right One In.

They only stopped watching her for a matter of minutes. That was all it took.

It was a beautiful winter's day. Anders, his wife and their feisty six-year-old, Maja, set out across the ice of the Swedish archipelago to visit the lighthouse on Gavasten. There was no one around, so they let her go on ahead. And she disappeared, seemingly into thin air, and was never found.

Two years later, Anders is a broken alcoholic, his life ruined. He returns to the archipelago, the home of his childhood and his family. But all he finds are Maja's toys and through the haze of memory, loss and alcohol, he realizes that someone - or something - is trying to communicate with him.

Soon enough, his return sets in motion a series of horrifying events which exposes a mysterious and troubling relationship between the inhabitants of the remote island and the sea.

©2011 John Ajvide Lindqvist (P)2010 WF Howes Ltd Fantasy Fiction

Critic reviews

"This is a third consecutive masterpiece from an author who deserves to be as much a household name as Stephen King." (SFX Magazine)
"A terrifying supernatural story yet also a moving account of friendship and salvation." (The Guardian, on Let the Right One In)
"A magician of genre fiction." (The Independent, on Harbour)
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This kept me awake at night, too scared to sleep but unable to stop listening!

Scary stuff!

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there's something wrong with this download, which seems to be missing it's third part. If it reaslly is complete then the story just stoips mid way!

where's the last bit?

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What made the experience of listening to Harbour the most enjoyable?

The imagery conjured up by both the author and narrator were brilliant - totally absorbing. There are some very interesting and varied characters, and some nicely balanced back plots.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Harbour?

I don't want to spoil the story, so I'll just say there are a few ghostly moments that were really gripping!

Which character – as performed by Julian Rhind-Tutt. – was your favourite?

The main character, Anders, is my favourite as he is so emotionally engaging. The narrators reading and beautiful pronunciation of the Swedish names really made this audio book something special for me.

Any additional comments?

Okay it's not perfect, but for me it just worked!

Imaginative and engrossing

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Ajvides writing is nice, atmospheric portraits. But he rarely makes sense of the convoluted threadsand mysteries

Dont expect it to make sense, just enjoy the ride

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An interesting read but not what I thought…
Perhaps the Swedish are in the know!

Strange!

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