Money to Burn

Resumen del libro

A groundbreaking, profound and intimate novel about capitalisms effects on the human heart: Money to Burn is the first volume of the Scandinavian Star series, a new masterpiece of Danish literature. Buzzes with electricity intriguing, maddening, exciting. Im in ObserverTaut and intelligent a moving love story and an incendiary indictment of contemporary society Literary Review. Maggie and Kurt are struggling to hold their marriage together after their only daughter has left home. They live in an old farmhouse in Nyborg but somehow keep missing each other, unable to discuss the events that brought them together.Decades ago, a passenger ferry called the Scandinavian Star caught fire, killing people. The event is still considered a national tragedy in Denmark and Norway. Years later, it was revealed not to be an accident, but the result of an insurance scam gone wrong.How is the Scandinavian Star disaster connected to Maggie and Kurt? How does money affect and infect our closest relationships? And is it ever possible to escape?A comet in Scandinavian literature OLGA RAVNStartling and irresistible CLAIRE-LOUISE BENNETTUnusual, fascinating, and complicated in the best way CLAIRE FULLERNordenhofs writing is electrifying CHETNA MAROO

Biografía del autor

Nació en Copenhague en 1988. Con su primera novela, Dinero en el bolsillo, inaugura el proyecto de una septología titulada Scandinavian Star, que girará alrededor del escándalo del incendio provocado en un ferry de pasajeros en 1990, en el que 159 personas perdieron la vida. Dinero en el bolsillo fue distinguida con el Premio PO Enquist, el Premio de la Crítica en Dinamarca y el Premio de Literatura de la Unión Europea, y fue nominada para el Premio de Literatura del Consejo Nórdico.