The Hypnotist (novel)
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The Hypnotist is a 2011 novel by the Swedish
writing team of Alexander Ahndoril
and Alexandra Coelho Ahndoril, a husband-wife team who wrote the book under the name Lars Kepler.
in 2011. The English translation was performed by Ann Long.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
writing team of Alexander Ahndoril
Alexander Ahndoril
Alexander Ahndoril ) is a Swedish novelist and playwright. His best-selling novel, Regissören , about the film maker Ingmar Bergman, was published in English translation as The Director in 2008...
and Alexandra Coelho Ahndoril, a husband-wife team who wrote the book under the name Lars Kepler.
Plot
A family is brutally murdered. The only witness to the crime is a badly-injured teenage boy, the family's son. After he recovers, investigators are unable to pry sufficient information from his memory of the event to solve the case, so they turn to a hypnotist in hopes of finding subconscious-level memories of the incident.Publishing history
The first English edition (512 pages, hardcover) of The Hypnotist was published by Farrar, Straus and GirouxFarrar, Straus and Giroux
Farrar, Straus and Giroux is an American book publishing company, founded in 1946 by Roger W. Straus, Jr. and John C. Farrar. Known primarily as Farrar, Straus in its first decade of existence, the company was renamed several times, including Farrar, Straus and Young and Farrar, Straus and Cudahy...
in 2011. The English translation was performed by Ann Long.