Harry Hole 02 - Cockroaches
“He had removed the magazine and put it in his pocket. The gun was heavier than any he had ever held.‘I got the gun when I was serving in Korea,’ Løken said.‘I see. Korea. What were you doing there?’Løken put the matches in a drawer and sat down at the table opposite Harry.‘Norway had a field hospital down there with the UN, and I was a young second lieutenant and thought I liked excitement. After the armistice in 1953 I continued to work for the UN, for the newly established Office of the High ...Commissioner for Refugees. Refugees streamed across the border from North Korea, and life was a trifle lawless. I slept with it under my pillow.’ He pointed to the gun.‘I see. What did you do after that?’‘Bangladesh and Vietnam. Hunger, war and the Boat People. Afterwards life in Norway seemed unbearably trivial, so I was unable to stick it out for more than a couple of years before I had to get out again. You know.’Harry didn’t know. Nor did he know what to believe about this lean individual sitting in front of him.MoreLess
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