London: Quartet, (1992) dj. Hardcover first edition - Considered one of the greatest novels by one of Sweden's most prominent writers this tells the story of an old man, who "looks back on his childhood in rural northern Sweden, attempting to unravel the meaning of a traumatic event in his past. Enquist's obsessive and haunted tale combines philosophical interludes with deeply heart-wrenching passages, creating one of the most moving fictions of the latter twentieth century." Translated from the Swedish by Anna Paterson. 250 pp. ISBN: 0-704370190.