The Exception

An internationally bestselling thriller, The Exception dissects the nature of evil and the paranoia that drives ordinary people to commit unthinkable acts. Four women work together for a small nonprofit in Copenhagen that disseminates information on genocide. When two of them receive death threats, they immediately believe that they are being stalked by Mirko Zigic, the Serbian torturer and war criminal they recently profiled in their articles. Yet as tensions mount among the women, their suspicions turn away from Zigic and toward each other. The threats increase, and soon the office becomes a battlefield in which each of the women's move is suspect.

Author: Christian Jungersen
Publisher: Anchor Books
Published: 07/08/2008
Pages: 512
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9781400096657

Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 08/17/2008 pg. 24

About the Author
Christian Jungersen's first novel Thickets won the Best First Novel award in Denmark in 1999 and also became a bestseller; The Exception is his second novel, his first to be translated into English. He has recently taken up residence in Dublin, Ireland but returns frequently to Copenhagen.