by Arto Paasilinna · Editorial Anagrama · tapa dura · ISBN 9788433970633
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Oiva Juntunen, a man who feels limited by society, decides to become a gangster. After stealing four gold bars from the National Bank of Norway, he seeks to enjoy life, but the news of the imminent release of his accomplices, who seek revenge and their share of the loot, disturbs him. Oiva decides to hide the gold in the tundra, near the Forest of the Foxes, where he meets an alcoholic commander and an old woman who escaped from an asylum. In this adventure in the Nordic nature, the characters defy the norms of civil society, showing their limitations and seeking freedom.
Arto Tapio Paasilinna was a Finnish writer, being a former journalist turned comic novelist. One of Finland's most successful novelists, he won a broad readership outside of Finland in a way few other Finnish authors have before. Translated into 27 languages, over seven million copies of his books have been sold worldwide, and he has been claimed as "instrumental in generating the current level of interest in books from Finland".
