Jo Nesbø tickets sell out in just two hours, sparking Croatian fan frenzy

Jo Nesbø’s Croatian fans filled all 450 free places for his Zagreb appearance within two hours. The Norwegian crime writer will speak at Tvornica kulture on September 27, one day after a free public event at the Mediterranean Book Festival in Split.

Publisher Fokus announced the sellout on social media, thanking readers for an interest it said confirmed Nesbø’s special status in Croatia, along with that of his iconic antihero, Harry Hole.

The visit will be Nesbø’s fourth in Croatia, following appearances in 2013, 2018 and 2022. It comes as his 14th Harry Hole novel, "The Final Cut," reaches readers nearly 30 years after the first book, "The Bat," introduced the cynical, self-destructive and brilliant Oslo detective.

In the new novel, Harry is no longer a police officer and is trying to leave behind years of violence, personal loss and cases that nearly destroyed him. But when Oslo is shaken by a series of brutal murders staged like famous film scenes, his past returns. Oleg Fauke, the son of Harry’s great love Rakel and a young police officer, asks him for help. Oleg has grown from the vulnerable boy Harry once protected into a figure entering the same obsessive pursuit of justice that shaped Harry’s life.

Nesbø’s books have sold more than 60 million copies and been translated into more than 50 languages. The Zagreb sellout has made his return one of Croatia’s most anticipated cultural events of the autumn.

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Less than two hours ago we opened registrations for Jo Nesbø's promotion at Tvornica in Zagreb and set the internet on fire.