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Article: Dane's debut weaves crime fiction, myth
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- Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
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- June 13, 2009
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The power of storytelling can never be underestimated, as Danish-
born Christian Moerk proves in his enthralling "Darling Jim."
In his American debut, Moerk shows how the various forms of
storytelling -- myths, fairy tales, horror and crime fiction -- each
have the strength to entertain, to reflect society's concerns and to
show people at their best and worst.
"Darling Jim" is steeped in each storytelling tradition that
Moerk skillfully wraps in a sophisticated piece of crime fiction.
A reclusive woman and her two nieces are found murdered in their
secluded home in Malahide, a Dublin suburb. The evidence suggests
that the aunt kept the younger women prisoners and that a fourth
woman escaped. ...