* Long-listed for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2014 * "I can't remember the last time I was so enchanted by a novel like I am by "Butterflies in November." Zany, surprising, full of twists and turns, it left me breathless. I just love this book." --Ann Hood, author of "The Knitting Circle" [...]
Hlynur Bjorn sleeps in. He surfs the Web. He tests the efficacy of various pornography. And at night, he hits the K-bar for a few drinks, maybe a tab of E, and perhaps a bit of sex before another crash. He'd blithely remain in this cycle forever, but when his part-time girlfriend reveals she's pregn[...]