by Arto Paasilinna · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782070425778
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Linnea, the sweet widow of Colonel Ravaska, leads a quiet life tending to her violets and her cat in a small red house near Helsinki. However, every month, on the day she receives her pension, a trio led by her nephew visits her to rob her. When her visitors demand a will in their favor, she decides to end it all, that is, to commit suicide. But, surprisingly, preparing a deadly poison turns out to be a much more exciting activity than knitting. Linnea's dark plans, through a series of comic events, turn in her favor, while her enemies... Paasilinna stands out again with a quiet old woman planning to commit suicide. A mix of 'Arsenic and Old Lace' and aquavit, the swashbuckling adventures of the colonel are an opportunity to revisit the raw, funny and extravagant universe of the great Finnish writer.
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".
