Icelander

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"A talented wordsmith . . . Long aspires to the linguistic acrobatics of Nabokov and Pynchon."
—Booklist
"A giddy send-up of postmodern fiction . . . endearingly wacky." —Laura Miller, Salon
"Wacky and fantastic . . . Long's first novel glimmers with comic brilliance."
—Montreal Mirror
"Unlike any book you've read before . . . good, albeit slightly absurd, fiin."
—Calgary Herald
ANabokovian goof on Agatha Christie; a madcap mystery in the deceptive tradition of The Crying of Lot 49; The Third Policeman meets The Da Vinci Code. Icelander is the wildly imaginative and marvelously plotted debut novel from Dustin Long—an intricate, giddy romp steeped equally in Nordic lore and pulpy intrigue.
When Shirley MacGuffin is found murdered one day prior to the annual town celebration in remembrance of Our Heroine's mother—the legendary crime stopper and evil thwarter Emily Bean—everyone expects Our Heroine to follow in her mother's footsteps and solve the case. She, however, has no... Tovább

Fülszöveg

"A talented wordsmith . . . Long aspires to the linguistic acrobatics of Nabokov and Pynchon."
—Booklist
"A giddy send-up of postmodern fiction . . . endearingly wacky." —Laura Miller, Salon
"Wacky and fantastic . . . Long's first novel glimmers with comic brilliance."
—Montreal Mirror
"Unlike any book you've read before . . . good, albeit slightly absurd, fiin."
—Calgary Herald
ANabokovian goof on Agatha Christie; a madcap mystery in the deceptive tradition of The Crying of Lot 49; The Third Policeman meets The Da Vinci Code. Icelander is the wildly imaginative and marvelously plotted debut novel from Dustin Long—an intricate, giddy romp steeped equally in Nordic lore and pulpy intrigue.
When Shirley MacGuffin is found murdered one day prior to the annual town celebration in remembrance of Our Heroine's mother—the legendary crime stopper and evil thwarter Emily Bean—everyone expects Our Heroine to follow in her mother's footsteps and solve the case. She, however, has no interest in inheriting the family business, or being chased through steam tunnels, or listening to skaldic karaoke, or fleeing the inhuman Refurserkir. But evil has no interest in her lack of interest—and thus, adventure ensues.
DUSTIN LONG was born in California in 1977 and studied literature at UC Berkeley and Indiana University Bloomington. He currently lives in New York with his wife.
Cover art by Josh Cochran
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