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Torgny Lindgren

Born 1938 · Sweden

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    Augustpriset 2007 · Shortlist

    Norrlands akvavit

    Title translated by AI:“Norrland Aquavit”

    Torgny Lindgren · 69 when first published

    Novel · 221 pages · Satire

    AI-generated summary:In 2006 the ageing preacher Olof Helmersson, who led the last great revival in inland Västerbotten in the 1950s, returns to the transformed villages where he once converted hundreds of souls.