This postmodernist Norwegian novel, an international bestseller and winner of Scandinavia's top literary award, will have readers on the edge of their seats, as Jan Kjærstad waves his magic adventure wand and seduces all. Protagonist Jonas Wargerand is a successful TV documentary producer and also something of God's gift to women. One day he returns from the World's Fair in Seville and discovers his wife dead on the living room floor. What follows is a quest full of twists and turns to find the killer.