Jar City
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| Author | Arnaldur Indriðason |
|---|---|
| Original title | Mýrin |
| Translator | Bernard Scudder |
| Language | Icelandic |
| Series | Detective Erlendur, #3 |
| Genre | Crime, Mystery novel |
| Publisher | Harvill Press (Eng. trans.) |
Publication date | 2000 (orig.) (Eng. trans. 2004) |
| Publication place | Iceland |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 224 pp (Eng. trans.) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-09-946163-3 (Eng. trans.) Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character |
| Followed by | Silence of the Grave |
Tainted Blood (Icelandic: Mýrin) is a crime novel by Icelandic author Arnaldur Indriðason, originally published in Iceland in 2000. The novel was first published in English as Jar City, but the title was changed for following editions (although the initial title is still used in the United States). In the original Icelandic, the novel won the Scandinavian crime writers' Glass Key award. Arnaldur Indriðason's following novel, Silence of the Grave, won the award in the following year also, making him the first author ever to have won the award two years running.
Awards and nominations
- 2002 Glass key award (for Nordic crime fiction novel)
Film, TV or theatrical adaptations
A film based on the novel, called Jar City and directed by Baltasar Kormákur, premiered in Iceland on October 20, 2006.
Jar City was realesed in the UK on September 12th 2008.