The Quiet Girl Author:Peter Hoeg Kaspar Krone, a world-renowned Danish clown with exceptional powers of hearing, has a deep love for the music of Bach, and an even deeper gambling debt. Wanted for tax evasion and on the verge of extradition, Krone is drafted into the service of a mysterious order of nuns who promise him a reprieve from the international authorities in return fo... more »r his safeguarding a group of children. When one of the children goes missing a year later, Krone sets off to resucue the young girl, but on the way makes a series of shocking discoveries about her identity and about the true intentions of his young wards.« less
The same author of SMILLA'S SENSE OF SNOW - though a little flow is lost when translated to English, I thoroughly enjoyed this book; it was very captivating.