Such a horribly written book, I got through 9 pages and had to put it down. ( )

Smart thriller. Hilarious main character. I did skim some of his hallucinations. ( )

This is a nice but sad book.
Main character is 82 year old ex Marine Sheldon Horowitz who has moved to Norway with his grown up Grand daughter Rhea and her Husband Lars.
There is an incident at their new apartment a Woman is killed, Sheldon takes her Son who he names Paul on a big adventure to get away from the Killer who happens to be the boys father.
Lars and Rhea cant go back to their place so they head towards their Cabin in the Woods, that is also where Sheldon and Paul are heading, The Police are trying to find them and so are the Baddies.
Sheldon misses his wife Mabel, his son Saul and all his old friends he speaks to them along the way. Sheldon is a Korean War vet his son Saul followed in his footsteps and went off to Vietnam for 2 tours but never returned.
At the climax of the book Paul is ok but Sheldon gets shot.
This book is about life's long journey and how people deal with loss and regret near the end. ( )

Sheldon Horowitz is an 82 year old Jewish ex-marine. After his wife's death, he has been dragged to Norway to live with his daughter and her Norwegian husband. In a shocking twist of events, Sheldon witnesses the murder of a neighbour and flees with her boy in tow.

Intially Sheldon comes across as a figure of fun, something like Alan in "The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window". As the story progresses, Miller starts to reveal more of Sheldon's family and service history, and we begin to encounter a deeper and more complex protagonist. At times Miller has us doubting what we are reading: are Sheldon's war memories real, or just the delusions of a senile old man?

Miller has created a memorable character, but his plot is a little too unbelievable and the supporting characters rarely get beyond cliche in their development. Whilst "Norwegian by Night" is a diverting enough read, I think I'd prefer to read Scandinavian authors ploughing similar fields to better effect. ( )

The Read Across Rhode Island selection for 2015. A macho, yet thoughtful, thriller concerning soldiers, fathers and sons, genocide, and wars across the 20th century. Definitely a page turner. ( )