The stories in this outstanding debut collection explore the troubled relationships of men down on their luck, in failed marriages, estranged from family, caught in imbroglios between sons and their fathers and stepfathers, and even, in Wild America, the subtle and ferocious competition between teenage girls. Bob Monroe, the protagonist of The Brown Coast, loses his job, his inheritance and his wife after the death of his father. The narrator of Down Through the Valley, meanwhile, is persuaded to drive his ex-wife's boyfriend home from an ashram after he injures himself. In Leopard, the threat of a missing pet leopard lurking in the woods hints at a troubled 11-year-old's rage toward his stepfather. The narrator of Down Through the Valley has a savage freak-out that terrifies him. The strange and magnificent title story, in which Vikings set off again toward an oft-raided island,...
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2012-02-23
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Det här är en mästerligt skriven novellsamling. Jag köpte den lite på vinst och förlust och blev oerhört positivt överraskad över hur bra den är. Titelnovellen var den absolut största överraskningen. Novellerna är fyllda med känslor och mänsklighet. Jag rekommenderar den verkligen.
2010-10-26
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NUmer utgiven även på svenska under titeln "Härjat och bränt"!. En riktigt bra samling av noveller. Nio stycken.
