The Mannequin Murder (Paperback)
Language: English
Published by Strange Light, 2026
- Softcover
- New
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Paperback. Meet Karstena little Holden Caulfield, a little Patrick Batemanin this delirious, darkly comic stream of consciousness from one of Norways great literary talents, thrillingly translated by Kari Dickson.For your average fourteen-year-old, it would be a normal, middle-class life: fathers a doctor, mothers an English teacher, a baby sister toddles aimlessly around the house in sagging diapers.But Karsten is not like other fourteen-year-olds.He processes every object, every event, in exquisite, reality-bending detaila breathless, never-ending narration that moves faster than the speed of thought. The intricacies of the optic nerve, the proper gutting of a fish, the queasy consistency of his mothers burst blackheads, spied upon surreptitiously through a crack in the bathroom doornothing escapes his field of view.It doesnt always make him popular; lately, a gang of neighbourhood boys has been sending him threatening letters signed The Enemy. But Karsten has other things on his mind: no sooner did his father give him a video camera than he discovered the bloody corpse of a mannequin in the compost. An investigation had to commence, complete with witness interrogations and a dramatic recreation of the terrible crime itselfwith his mother cast in the role of the murder victim.Suddenly, one morning, Karstens father asks him to say goodbye to his childhood home. An overnight bag is packed, and he is told they are leaving for a tripand everything is set into motion.Through sheer ecstatic storytelling, Ingvild Schade has created an instantly unforgettable literary character. Youve never met a mind quite like Karstens. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…
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- Title
- The Mannequin Murder (Paperback)
- Author
- Ingvild Schade
- Publisher
- Strange Light
- Publication year
- 2026
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 077101810X
- ISBN 13
- 9780771018107
For your average fourteen-year-old, it would be a normal, middle-class life: father’s a doctor, mother’s an English teacher, a baby sister toddles aimlessly around the house in sagging diapers.
But Karsten is not like other fourteen-year-olds.
He processes every object, every event, in exquisite, reality-bending detail—a breathless, never-ending narration that moves faster than the speed of thought. The intricacies of the optic nerve, the proper gutting of a fish, the queasy consistency of his mother’s burst blackheads, spied upon surreptitiously through a crack in the bathroom door—nothing escapes his field of view.
It doesn’t always make him popular; lately, a gang of neighbourhood boys has been sending him threatening letters signed “The Enemy.” But Karsten has other things on his mind: no sooner did his father give him a video camera than he discovered the bloody corpse of a mannequin in the compost. An investigation had to commence, complete with witness interrogations and a dramatic recreation of the terrible crime itself—with his mother cast in the role of the murder victim.
Suddenly, one morning, Karsten’s father asks him to say goodbye to his childhood home. An overnight bag is packed, and he is told they are leaving for a trip—and everything is set into motion.
Through sheer ecstatic storytelling, Ingvild Schade has created an instantly unforgettable literary character. You’ve never met a mind quite like Karsten’s.
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About the Author
KARI DICKSON is an award-winning literary translator from Norwegian. Her work includes crime fiction, literary fiction, children’s books, theatre and non-fiction. She is also an occasional tutor in Norwegian language, literature, and translation at the University of Edinburgh, and has worked with the British Centre for Literary Translation, the National Centre for Writing, and the Translators’ Association.
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