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101 Reykjavik - Hallgrimur Helgason
101 Reykjavik
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Hlynur Bjorn is an unemployed 30-something loner, still living with his mum, who spends his days on the Internet, watching satellite TV, and gazing at girls in the pub. But Hlynur's cosy, unthreatening world is shaken when his mother comes out as a lesbian, and her Spanish girlfriend Lolla moves... show more
Hlynur Bjorn is an unemployed 30-something loner, still living with his mum, who spends his days on the Internet, watching satellite TV, and gazing at girls in the pub. But Hlynur's cosy, unthreatening world is shaken when his mother comes out as a lesbian, and her Spanish girlfriend Lolla moves into their home. "101 Reykjavik" is a first-person account of a blackly funny and bizarre love triangle, a dark, comic tale of perverse sexuality and slacker culture in Iceland's trendy capital city that pokes fun along the way at such foibles of our culture as CNN weather reports and porn videos.
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780571209767 (0571209769)
ASIN: 0571209769
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Pages no: 384
Edition language: English
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Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it
2.0
Opening sentence: Anyway.↑snortReal reviewers would probably call this 'baggy' and intimate its overall worth, and for some reason it kept me all the way to the end; maybe because it was a bedside read. Will watch the film when I get it, yet it would be unfair to recommend the read.Not a patch on 'h...
The Library of Babel
The Library of Babel rated it
1.0
Oh My Bjork.I still remember this one. I wish I had forgotten it.Well, I might have a very good reason for keeping the memories of '101 Reykjavik' alive. You may say it's because of the post code, but you would be wrong. Actually I'm not planning to send any flattering paper letter to Hallgrìmur Hel...
XOX
XOX rated it
This is one of the worst book I read. We chose this a book club book and we all disliked it. The characters are annoying and not doing anything at all. There is nothing much to discuss that made it so boring.
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