Murder of Halland (14 page)
Authors: Pia Juul
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Pia Juul, born in 1962, claims her place as one of Denmark’s foremost literary authors. She has published five books of poetry, two short-story collections and two novels.
The Murder of Halland
was published in Danish in 2009 and in the same year won Denmark’s most important literary prize, Danske Banks Litteraturpris.
Martin Aitken holds a PhD in Linguistics. He gave up his university tenure in 2008 to listen to The Fall and translate literature. His works include books by Janne Teller, Peter Høeg and Jussi Adler-Olsen. He lives in rural Denmark.
First published in English in 2012
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This ebook edition first published in 2012.
Originally published under the original Danish title as as Mordet på Halland by Tiderne Skrifter, 2009
Copyright © Pia Juul, 2009
This translation © Martin Aitken, 2012
This work has sponsored by the Danish Arts Council Committee for Literature.
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