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On
The Russian Singer
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It is an extremely well-constructed thriller (...) Recent years have seen the publication of numerous internationally successful thrillers using conditions in the Soviet Union as their backdrop... - Thanks to his portraits of contemporary society, Leif Davidsen occupies a distinguished position in this demanding company.
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Harald Mogensen in Politiken, 8 October 1988
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On
The Russian Singer
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Leif Davidsen’s first novel was published in the USA, and Den russiske sangerinde (The Russian Singer) is without any doubt of international format and deserves to have many readers not only here in Denmark, but also outside the country’s borders.
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Poul Husted in Aarhus Stiftstidende, 6 October 1988
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On
The Last Spy
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But the man has something on his mind and more talent than most. And behind it all there is the humming of a kind of "warm-hearted" idealism - a rare phenomenon in this kind of literature.
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Bo Bjørnvig in Weekendavisen, 20 September 1991
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On
The Gullible Russian
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Den troskyldige russer (The Gullible Russian) is a well-written and exciting spy thriller that reveals the author’s profound knowledge of both Soviet and post-Soviet society and the people living in it. We are not only entertained, but we also become wiser. The novel demonstrates that this neither was nor is a world for the faint-hearted.
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Erik Kulavig in Fyens Stiftstidende/Århus Stiftstidende, 26 August 1993
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On
The Serbian Dane
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In form, The Serbian Dane is a superbly composed piece of fiction, but it is more than just a thriller. It depicts the cynicism – large-scale and small – which exists both in the world and within the individual, and has some searing comments to make about the blood-guilty and their henchmen. The Serbian Dane does not harbour many illusions about life or about politics, and it maintains masterly control over the fantastic and fiercely escalating tension through all the twists and turns of its labyrinthine plot.
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Hans Andersen, Jyllandsposten
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The Serbian Dane
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Leif Davidsen really knows his stuff. He kicks off with a liquidation and from that moment on the reader is caught with the garrotte around his throat until the very last page. The plot is brilliantly constructed, affording room for both sex and satire. (...) Intellectuals who philosophize about war, devious politicians, smug journalists and your average, apathetic man in the street – all are given a taste of Davidsen’s keen whip. Smack!
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John Christian Jørgensen, Ekstrabladet
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The Serbian Dane
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Leif Davidsen has produced a tightly written, well-constructed thriller with no psychological detours or socio-critical digressions – well hardly any: he does reprise his well-tried theme of a Danish marriage on the rocks, with a sensitive ’new’ man in the rôle of victim. Other than that it is hard-hitting action from start to finish, complete with a meticulous and extremely detailed description of the way in which a highly professional hired assassin prepares for a hit, and the measures taken by the security services to prevent such a hit.
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Bo Bjørnvig, Weekendavisen
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Lime's Picture
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Davidsen has written a breathless, hard-boiled treat, a political thriller as obsessively gory as that country´s bullfights.
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Bo Tao Micheaëlis in Politiken, 17 September 1998
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