Rather than using excessive language and unnecessary description, Indriðason chooses a minimal style, which drip-feeds the details and keeps the reader guessing... Operation Napoleon is an intriguing novel, bleak and harsh in its description of cold, military narratives

There are hints of some of Indridason's trademark motifs-emotionally distant parents, brotherhood, the harsh Icelandic wilderness-but it's clear that he is using Operation Napoleon to address what seems to be a deeply controversial factor in Icelandic life: the US military presence at Keflavik

An international literary phenomenon - and it's easy to see why. His novels are gripping, authentic, haunting and lyrical

The Day the Falls Stood Stillis an extraordinarily assured first novel....It is a southern Ontario Gothic of the highest order

This first novel abounds in romance and charm

Beautifully written and intriguing...I could not put it down