An unworthy old man.
Konrad, the hero of Arnaldur Indridason's detective series, is a black and Icelandic version of the retiree who definitely doesn't do what is expected of him.
This rough, tired and somewhat crippled man does not seek to please.
He is too busy carrying out his investigations against the advice of the Icelandic police, who would rather see him watching television like any good retired cop.
He also displeases his son who has not forgiven him for having deceived his now deceased mother.
And the pom-pom will come when his sister ends up in the hospital because of her actions.
However, we have learned to become attached to this antihero over the course of the five opuses that the Icelandic novelist has already devoted to him, nourishing book after book a biography marked by a difficult childhood and an existence far from impeccable.
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