Land tækifæranna (transl. Land of opportunities[1]) is a 2008 crime fiction novel by Ævar Örn Jósepsson.[2] The backdrop for the events was the 2008 Icelandic financial crisis, with Ævar Örn rewriting parts of the novel just before publication to respond to the unfolding political situation in Iceland.[3] It won the Blóðdropinn award and was thus nominated for the Glass Key Award.[4] Published in Reykjavik by Uppheimar, 2008, ISBN 9979659165.[5][6] It is the author's fifth crime novel with the same characters, and received positive reviews.[7][8][9] In the assessment of Katrín Jakobsdóttir;

The community divide suits Ævar well and he is on great form in this book, creating a nice plot around the murdered Pole and the financier (útrásarvíkingur), and clearly enjoys putting words into the mouths of his characters when he constructs dialogues about the situation. Land of Opportunities thus testifies well to what good effects he has achieved in the form, and at the same time he has distinguished himself with a sharp social commentary and well established subject matter.[10]

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  1. ↑ "Focusing on Icelandic Literature 2008" (PDF). UPPHEIMAR PUBLISHING. p. 5. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  2. ↑ Arvas, Paula; Nestingen, Andrew (2011). Scandinavian Crime Fiction. University of Wales Press. ISBN 9781783164370. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  3. ↑ Jakob, 'Hommahatari reyndi að drepa Hörð Torfason', Fréttablaðið, 287 [year 8] (20 October 2008), p. 38. http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?issId=278444&pageId=4009038&lang=is&q=kreppub%F3k .
  4. ↑ Brunsdale, Mitzi M. (2016). Encyclopedia of Nordic Crime Fiction: Works and Authors of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden Since 1967. McFarland. p. 227. ISBN 9781476622774. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  5. ↑ "Land tækifæranna | Hrunið þið munið". hrunid.hi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  6. ↑ "Félag Íslenskra bókaútgefenda". bokatidindi.oddi.is. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  7. ↑ Háskólabókasafn, Landsbókasafn Íslands - (14 December 2008). "Þrælþéttur og krassandi krimmi - LAND TÆKIFÆRANNA Ævar Örn Jósepsson Uppheimar". timarit.is (in Icelandic). No. 342. Fréttablaðið. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  8. ↑ Háskólabókasafn, Landsbókasafn Íslands - (11 December 2008). "Átta gata morðmaskína". timarit.is (in Icelandic). No. 232. Dagblaðið Vísir - DV. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  9. ↑ "Land tækifæranna". Bókmenntaborgin - Reykjavík bókmenntaborg UNESCO (in Icelandic). 28 April 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  10. ↑ 'Samfélagsdeila lætur Ævari vel og hann er í miklu stuði í þessari bók, skapar ágæta fléttu í kringum myrta Pólverjann og útrásarvíkinginn, og skemmtir sér greinilega vel við að leggja persónum sínum orð í munn þegar hann smíðar samtöl um ástandið. Land tækifæranna ber því gott vitni hversu góðum tökum hann hefur náð á forminu og um leið hefur hann markað sér sérstöðu með skarpri samfélagsrýni og oldfimum viðfangsefnum': Katrín Jakobsdóttir, `Engin glæpasagnakreppa: Íslenska glæpasagnaárið 2008', Tímarit Máls og menningar, 70.1 (February 2009), 36--49 (p. 48).
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