Buzz Aldrin, What Happened to You in All the Confusion? A Novel |
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| Author:
| Harstad, Johan |
| Translator:
| Dawkin, Deborah |
| ISBN: | 978-1-60980-135-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2011 |
| Publisher: | Seven Stories Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $30.00 |
Book Description:
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'The person you love is 72.8% water and it hasn't rained for weeks.' From there, Johan Harstad's debut tells the story of Mattias, a 30-something Norwegian gardener who idolises Buzz Aldrin. Following a series of personal and professional disasters, Mattias finds himself lying on a rain-soaked road in the desolate Faroe Islands with a wad of bills in his pocket and no memory of how he got there. Then a truck approaches, driven by a troubled, fantastic man with an offer that will...
More Description'The person you love is 72.8% water and it hasn't rained for weeks.' From there, Johan Harstad's debut tells the story of Mattias, a 30-something Norwegian gardener who idolises Buzz Aldrin. Following a series of personal and professional disasters, Mattias finds himself lying on a rain-soaked road in the desolate Faroe Islands with a wad of bills in his pocket and no memory of how he got there. Then a truck approaches, driven by a troubled, fantastic man with an offer that will shortly change Mattias's life in an epic, pop-saturated odyssey.