Имя Мартти Ларни хорошо известно советскому читателю. В сатирических романах "Прекрасная свинарка" и "Об этом помалкивают" автор разоблачает многие характерные черты современного капиталистического общества, в частности преклонение перед американским образом жизни, жестокость людей, подверженных жажде обогащения.
Martti Larni (born as: Martti Johannes Larni, 1909–1993) was a finnish writer and journalist, who became the best-known Finnish writer in the Soviet Union after publishing his satirical novel about the American way of life, Neljäs nikama eli veijari vastoin tahtoaan (1957, The fourth vertebra, or a scamp despite himself). When the French magazine Paris Match interviewed President Fidel Castro, he asked the reporter: "Have you read The Fourth Vertebra? It is written by a Finnish writer. Wonderful book." Larni works have been translated into some 20 languages. After World War II, Larni lived a few years in Wisconsins.