Juoksuhaudantie

In the suburbs of north Helsinki, where lawnmowers roar like helicopters over a battlefield and small houses fetch the highest prices in Finland, Matti Virtanen is a modern stay-at-home father. His generation shares the cooking, the cleaning and the nappies; he never went to war, though he listens to rock and is a hard-training jogger. A single blow costs him his wife Helena and little daughter Sini. Determined to get them back, he decides the answer is the small house Helena always wanted, and he will get it whatever it takes. Up against estate agents and lawn-proud owners living on mortgages, he refuses to follow the usual rules, and the darkly funny story turns into a thriller.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

334 pages in the original

Genres

Family, Satire (assigned by AI)

Set in

Finland, 2000s

First published

2002 by WSOY

Author's age

45 when first published

ISBN

9789510273159 (original)

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