Destroyer

by Lars Ramslie

Året er 1983, niåringen Lars tenker stort sett på én ting: KISS. KISS-plakater dekker veggene på gutterommet, pengene går til Stjerneposer med KISS-kort inni, kassettspilleren går ustanselig når han ikke er ute og sykler på sin DBS Tomahawk. Med KISS-fascinasjonen som bakteppe, utspiller et dramatisk år seg i boligfeltet på Øreåsen utenfor Moss. Lars Ramslie er født i 1974. Han har utgitt to romaner tidligere, og er tildelt Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris for 1997, og Tiden-prisen for 1998.

Genres: Novels, Roman

302 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

Lars Ramslie (born 1974) is a Norwegian novelist. He made his literary début in 1997 with the novel Biopsi, for which he was awarded the Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris. His novel Fatso from 2003 was basis for a film from 2008.

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Reviews

[Sophia · Rating 3 out of 5]

A story about a childhood, a story about my childhood - literally. About growing up in a tiny place called Øreåsen. A beautiful place surrounded by a lake and nature but filled with people on benefits or manual workers, full of problems and conflicts but also magical. He writers about actual teachers and people I know and did them justice. There are always mysterious things happening - in the book and in real life. Disappearences, murders, suicides, drugs. But still it all felt safe somehow. And we did have the best teachers. An extra parent when needed. And that is why this book exists. Perhaps.