Jukka Siikala - Spanielit
Siikala is an amazing painter and this was his first published novel. I got it with my latest haul from Sarvilevyt, and the extract in the back cover got me interested. It was about this main character fantasizing about death and murder while waiting in the grill line, and then picking up few girls to after party with him. The extract leaves open what the scenario leads up to, but it made me think about the case in Finland 2007 when a teenager picked up girls to an after party and killed them with a crossbow. I thought that maybe the book is about something similar to that case.
Basically the story follows the life of an anonymous male protagonist and captures the feeling of alienation and meaninglessness with occasional wallowing in self pity, jerking off and sex and violence fantasies towards the people he interacts with. Some familiar places can be spotted like the old movie theater in Helsinki and some insights are really easy to relate to. Depressing short book (68 pages) and recommendable for Finns! (as it's only in Finnish).
+ Also reading the graphic novel Scalped. Violent crime drama set in Indian reservation. Artwork and colors are great! The first two trades were promising but the jumping back and forth in timeline was annoying. Hopefully it's not like this all the way through...
It's a shame it is only in Finnish. It sounds interesting.