An insurance mathematician's carefully ordered life is turned on its head when he unexpectedly loses his job and inherits an adventure park ... with a whole host of problems. A quirky, tense and warmly funny thriller from award-winning Finnish author Antti Tuomainen.
**Soon to be a major motion picture starring Steve Carell for Amazon Studios** 'Laconic, thrilling and warmly human. In these uncertain times, what better hero than an actuary?' Chris Brookmyre 'The funniest writer in Europe, and one of the very finest. There is a beautiful rhythm and poetry to the prose ...
original and brilliant story-telling' Helen FitzGerald _______________Just one spreadsheet away from chaos... What makes life perfect? Insurance mathematician Henri Koskinen knows the answer because he calculates everything down to the very last decimal. And then, for the first time, Henri is faced with the incalculable.
After suddenly losing his job, Henri inherits an adventure park from his brother - its peculiar employees and troubling financial problems included. The worst of the financial issues appear to originate from big loans taken from criminal quarters ... and some dangerous men are very keen to get their money back.
Ficha técnica
Editorial: Orenda Books
ISBN: 9781913193874
Idioma: Inglés
Número de páginas: 300
Tiempo de lectura:
6h 10m
Encuadernación: Tapa dura
Fecha de lanzamiento: 19/10/2021
Año de edición: 2021
Especificaciones del producto
Escrito por Antti Tuomainen
Antti Tuomainen, nascut a Finlàndia el 1971, era un publicista de renom abans de començar la seva carrera literària el 2007 com a autor de novel·les de suspens. El 2011, amb El Guaridor, va guanyar el premi Clue a la millor novel·la negra finlandesa. I així va néixer una estrella en el gènere. El Guaridor és, segons la premsa finesa, la novel·la més addictiva de l'any. Antti Tuomainen viu a Hèlsinki.