It's Fine by Me

On his first day of school, a teacher welcomes Audun to the class by asking him to describe his former life in the country. But there are stories about his family he would prefer to keep to himself, such as the weeks he spent living in a couple of cardboard boxes, and the day of his little brother's birth, when his drunken father fired three shots into the ceiling. So he refuses to talk and refuses to take off his sunglasses. In his late teens Audun is the only one of his family who remains with his mother in their home in a working-class district of Oslo. He delivers newspapers when he is not in school and talks for hours about Jack London and Ernest Hemingway with his best friend Arvid. But he's not sure that school is the right path for him, feeling that life holds other possibilities. Sometimes tender, sometimes brutal, "It's Fine by Me" is a brilliant novel from the acclaimed author of "Out Stealing Horses".

ISBN 1846553695   DEWEY edition DC22 ISBN13 9781846553691 (What's this?)   Pages 208 Publisher Vintage   Weight (grammes) 346 Imprint Harvill Secker   Published in London Format Hardback   Height (mm) 222 Publication date 03 Nov 2011   Width (mm) 144 Translator Don Bartlett   Spine width (mm) 22 DEWEY 839.8238   Academic level General

"A sensible, brittle, and razor sharp description of a boy's universe." "--The Times""Petterson is a great stylist and portrays his characters with an unsentimental tenderness and understanding which can make anything beautiful." "--Borsen" (Denmark)"You have to find your own way after reading through this book. The text gnaws you, pushes you forward. Great literature does that." "--VG Magazine"

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