A. J. Kazinski Denmark

Danish author and film director, Anders Rønnow Klarlund, had his debut with the novel De hengivne (The Affectionates) in 2009. He has amongst other things written and directed the film Besat (Possessed), Den attende (The Eighteenth), Strings (Strings) and Hvordan slipper vi af med de andre (How Do We Get Rid of the Others).

Danish author, Jacob Weinreich, has graduated from the Danish School of Film as a script writer and had his debut novel published in 2001. He has written a number of books for teenagers, amongst others the novel Krybet (The Vermin) and the series Monsterjægerne (The Monster Hunters) and Kaptajn Blodskæg (Captain Blood Beard).

Den sidste gode mand (The Last Good Man) is the authors’ first book together under the nom de plume of A.J. Kazinski.

Den sidste gode mand
(The Last Good Man) Politken, Autumn 2010

Sold at manuscript stage to eight countries prior to publication

Den sidste gode mand (The Last Good Man) is an action packed crime novel about the Danish policeman Niels Bentzon and the gifted astrophysicist Hannah Lund who is in close pursuit of a killer who is behind the systematic killings of good and righteous people all over the world. The killings seems to be linked to and old, religious myth and the arrow now points in the direction of Copenhagen. In order to prevent the next murder, Niels Bentzon must find one good person in town. But who is a good person?

”We adore Den sidste gode mand. Thanks to the unique combination of breathtaking action, psychological depth and highly evocative thems we think this book opens new perspectives for the crime genre and should thus be presented as quickly as possible to the Dutch readers. We are delighted to welcome A. J. Kazinski and make Den
sidste gode mand a leading title on our list.” - from the Dutch publisher, De Geus

Rights sold:

Norway: Gyldendal Norsk
Sweden: Forum
Netherlands: De Geus
Finland: Otava
Italy: Longanesi
Germany: Heyne Verlag
France: Lattès
Russia: Corpus Books
Japan: Hayakawa Publishing
Iceland: Bjartur Veröld
US: Scribner
UK: Simon & Schuster
Romania: Editura Trei
Hungary: Animus Publishing
Poland: Amber
Spain: Ediciones B
Brazil: Editora Alaúde Publishing House

News

• Mar 16th 2011

  The Danish crime author duo, A. J. Kazinski, has just been published in Norway by Gyldendal Norsk and the first reviews are very positive. Please take a look at Verdens Gang which give The Last Good Man 5 out of 6: VG Nett In addition, VG have a wonderful interview with the authors about their work methods and their successful collaboration: VG Nett

• Feb 16th 2011

  The biggest paperback publisher in France, Le Livre de Poche, will print a first print run of 20.000 – 25.000 copies of a paperback edition of Le Dernier Homme Bon (The Last Good Man) in connection with the publication of the second book from the duo which is scheduled for 2012. Lattès will publish Le Dernier Homme Bon later this year.

  Something further to look forward to for the French readers is a book club edition of Le Dernier Homme Bon which will be published by Le Grand Livre du Mois this coming April 2011.

  Finally, Polish rights for Den sidste gode mand (The Last Good Man) have just been sold to Amber which brings to a total of 16 countries in which rights have been sold.

• Aug 12th 2010

  Den sidste gode man (The Last Good Man) by the duo that write under the name of A. J. Kazinski has been sold to the Japanse publishing house Hayakawa Publishing which brings the number sales, even prior to publication in Denmark, to a total of 9. The Danish edition will be published by Politiken later this year.

• Jun 14th 2010

  Sold at manuscript stage to eight countries prior to publication.

  The author and the film director Anders Rønnow Klarlund and the author Jacob Weinreich have written their debut novel, Den sidste gode mand (The Last Good Man) which is to be published by Politiken later this autumn. The two authors write under le nom de plume of A.J. Kazinski.

  The first draft of the manuscript was written between December until April this year. This manuscript was sold within a few weeks to publishing houses in Finland (Otava), France (Lattès), Holland (De Geus), Italy (Longanesi), Norway (Gyldendal Norsk), Sweden (Forum) and Germany (Heyne Verlag). Politikens Forlag in Denmark will publish the Danish edition this autumn.

  ”We adore Den sidste gode mand. Thanks to the unique combination of breathtaking action, psychological depth and highly evocative thems we think this book opens new perspectives for the crime genre and should thus be presented as quickly as possible to the Dutch readers. We are delighted to welcome A. J. Kazinski and make Den
  sidste gode mand a leading title on our list.” - from the Dutch publisher, De Geus

  Anders Rønnow Klarlund had his debut with the novel De hengivne (The Affectionates) in 2009. He has amongst other things written and directed the film Besat (Possessed), Den attende (The Eighteenth), Strings (Strings) and Hvordan slipper vi af med de andre (How Do We Get Rid of the Others).

  Jacob Weinreich has graduated from the Danish School of Film as a script writer and had his debut novel published in 2001. He has written a number of books for teenagers, amongst others the novel Krybet (Vermin) and the series Monsterjægerne (The Monster Hunters) and Kaptajn Blodskæg (Captain Blood Beard).

  Den sidste gode mand is the authors’ first book together under the joint name of A.J. Kazinski.