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Finlandia 2009 · Shortlist
Ranskalainen ystävä
Title translated by AI:“The French Friend”
Tommi Melender · 41 when first published
Novel · 237 pages · Crime
AI-generated summary:Joel Raento, a Finnish playwright turned well-paid speaker, retreats after a personal crisis to a provincial town in France to read Flaubert, and befriends Marcel, an ex-teacher who drives for a local gang.