Summer Fishing in Lapland (Paperback)
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Summer Fishing in Lapland (Paperback)

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Paperback Published: 06/07/2023
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'Immediately enticing, endlessly charming, full of wit, magic and deep, moving humanity. It transported me to a world both familiar and utterly unknown, keeping me enthralled on every page' CLAIRE NORTH, AUTHOR OF THE FIRST FIFTEEN LIVES OF HARRY AUGUST


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When Elina makes her annual summer pilgrimage to the remote family farm in Lapland, she has three days to catch the pike in a local pond, or she and the love of her life will both die.


This year her task is made even more difficult by a host of deadly supernatural creatures and the homicide detective on her trail.


Can Elina catch the pike and lay to rest the curse that has been hanging over her head ever since a youthful love affair turned sour?


Can Sergeant Janatuinen make it back to civilization in one piece?


And just why is Lapland in summer so weird?

Publisher: Pushkin Press
ISBN: 9781782278931
Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm


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Immediately enticing, endlessly charming, full of wit, magic and deep, moving humanity. It transported me to a world both familiar and utterly unknown, keeping me enthralled on every page Full of natural wonders [and a] wonderfully zany energy Wonderful weirdness... Manages to make both Lapland and its inhabitants seem both unutterably enchanting and utterly bonkers Spiced with multiple storylines and all kinds of mythical creatures, this rich novel is a delight I feel like giving him 6 stars out of 5 - and this is exactly what I will do. Juhani Karila stretches the limits and borders of the world so wildly, that it seems only right for this literature critic to do the same A fix of love story and thriller, realism and fantasy, folk comedy and all sorts of popular beliefs sufficient to cure the worst case of humourlessness Karila's imagination is beyond words! The story is wild, absurd and crazy funny, written in a brilliant language and charged with a great sense of humour

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“Weirdly wonderful”

'Due to a string of regrettable occurrences, Elina Ylijaako had to catch a pike from a certain pond by June 18th every year.
Her life depended on it.'

This is a deliciously bonkers and quirky novel. It... More

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“Clever, funny, a little bizarre and very entertaining.”

Summer Fishing In Lapland is the first novel by Finnish author, Juhani Karila. It is translated into English by Lola Rogers. For the last five years it’s been Elina Ylijaako’s summer ritual to travel back to her home... More

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“Quirky”

If you are looking for something quirky to read then I recommend "Summer Fishing in Lapland" by Juhani Karila. Definitely refreshingly alternative, it gives you an insight into life into Lapland - lots of... More

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