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{{short description|2020 novel by Jo Nesbø}}
{{Infobox book
|name = The Kingdom
|title_orig = Kongeriket
|translator =
|image =
|caption = First edition (Norwegian)
|author = [[Jo Nesbø]]
|cover_artist =
|country = [[Norway]]
|language = [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]], [[English language|English]]
|series =
|genre = [[Crime fiction]]
|publisher = [[Aschehoug]]
|pub_date = 2020
|english_pub_date =
|media_type = Print ([[Hardcover|hard]] and [[paperback]])
|pages = 450 (Eng. hardback trans.)
| isbn =
| isbn_note =
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|preceded_by =
|followed_by = [[Blood Ties ( Nesbo novel)]]
}}
'''''The Kingdom''''' ([[Norwegian language|Norwegian]]: ''Kongeriket'') is a [[crime novel]] by [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]] writer [[Jo Nesbø]], first published in 2020. The book deals with a suite of murders committed by two brothers in a small Norwegian town of Os. They risk discovery by the suspicious local sheriff, and they become entangled in a deadly business dealing. The book received positive reviews,
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== Reception ==
In a review for ''[[The New York Times|The New York Times,]]'' [[Charles McGrath (critic)|Charles McGrath]] described the plot as a complex puzzle in which a man "remorselessly puts his family above everything".<ref>{{Cite news |last=McGrath |first=Charles |date=2020-11-06 |title=Jo Nesbo’s New Book Stars an Antisocial Loner. It’s Not Harry Hole. (Published 2020) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/06/books/review/jo-nesbo-the-kingdom.html |access-date=2025-08-28 |language=en}}</ref>
==References==
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{{Jo Nesbø}}
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[[Category:Norwegian crime novels]]
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