The Half Brother

by Lars Saabye Christensen (Author)

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  Paperback
  2004

  $3.25

  Growing up in sixties Oslo, Barnum lives with an extended, eccentric family and his older half-brother, Fred, who was conceived after the rape of their mother in the dying days of World War II. Barnum seems to have stopped growing and Fred, implicated in a tragedy that leaves a family member dead, becomes mute - only roused when he hears 'Living Doll' one time too many. The two half-brothers embark on their seperate courses, Fred becoming a boxer and Barnum a scriptwriter, and it is twenty-seven years before a fax from their dying mother offers Barnum the chance to see his brother again. This literary marvel tells the story of an ordinary Norwegian family, set apart by extraordinary family members, with unsentimental charm, exuberant comedy and devastating tragedy.

• Used

  Paperback
  2003

  $3.25

  Winner of the Nordic Prize 2002, The Half Brother has already sold more than 150,000 copies in Norway alone and is set to become an international sensation within the year. This literary marvel tells the story of an ordinary Norwegian family in the 1960s, set apart by extraordinary family members, and of two half-brothers leading very different and separate lives, until they are brought together again at their mother's deathbed...'At Frankfurt, Arcadia trounced rivals with a pre-emptive bid for World English rights to The Half-Brother' - Bookseller