101 Reykjavik

Description

Product ID:	9780571209767
Product Form:	Paperback / softback
Country of Manufacture:	GB
Title:	101 Reykjavik
Authors:	Author: Hallgrimur Helgason, Brian Fitzgibbon
Page Count:	384
Subjects:	Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Description:	Select Guide Rating 101 Reykjavik is a first-person account of a blackly funny and bizarre love triangle, a dark, comic tale of perverse sexuality and slacker culture in Iceland's trendy capital city that pokes fun along the way at such foibles of our culture as CNN weather reports and porn videos. Hlynur Björn is an unemployed 30-something loner, still living with his mum, who spends his days on the Internet, watching satellite TV, and gazing at girls in the pub. But Hlynur''s cosy, unthreatening world is shaken when his mother comes out as a lesbian, and her Spanish girlfriend Lolla moves into their home. 101 Reykjavik is a first-person account of a blackly funny and bizarre love triangle, a dark, comic tale of perverse sexuality and slacker culture in Iceland''s trendy capital city that pokes fun along the way at such foibles of our culture as CNN weather reports and porn videos.
Imprint Name:	Faber & Faber
Publisher Name:	Faber & Faber
Country of Publication:	GB
Publishing Date:	2002-06-03

Weight	208 g
Dimensions	186 × 115 × 27 mm