his work belongs to crime fiction known as nordic noir.s best feeling about -- his best-selling series has sold 40 million copies. he recently released his new english thriller called "the son" about an imprisoned drug addict convicted of murder wrong late. welcome. this is an incredible story of you. a guy who had been a rock star, guy who is done so many things. then you find this great career as a writer. does it surprise you? >> well, i think it surprised me when -- at the age of 37, i wrote my first novel. but, it didn't surprise any of my friends or people around me. >> because they knew you had it in you? i would actually write the leverage for my friends bands. i would write short stories. i was of the generation that still wrote letters. >> can you care to rise -- characterized -- are norwegian crime novels different? do they have their own identity? >> i think it is hard for me as in the region -- as a norwegian a scandinavian crime tradition that stems back to the 70's. writeh writers who would political crime. but, more importa