A review by anjreading
Norwegian by Night by Derek B. Miller

4.0

Eighty-two-year old Sheldon, a Korean War veteran and recent widower, has moved to Norway with his beloved granddaughter and her husband. Sheldon, who was a Marine sniper in the war, spends his days talking to and reflecting on the ghosts in his past, including his son who died in the Vietnam War. When Sheldon steps in to help during a violent domestic dispute in his apartment building, he ends up on the run with a six-year-old boy, trying to keep him alive. This book was beautiful and deep and thought-provoking, and I did not expect it to go where it did. It’s an odd mix of an exciting thriller and a meditation on aging and regret.