: The novel argues that evil is not a "monotonous being" but exists in various formats—actions, language, and thoughts—across all ages.
: Agnes's boyfriend, a linguist left unemployed by the 2008 economic collapse. Upon discovering Agnes's infidelity, he burns down their home and flees to Europe. Illska La Maldad Eirikur Orn Norddahl mobi
: A sophisticated neo-Nazi PhD student whom Agnes becomes "archaeologically" attracted to while researching her thesis. : The novel argues that evil is not
: A second-generation Jewish-Lithuanian immigrant and historian researching far-right populism for her MA thesis. : A sophisticated neo-Nazi PhD student whom Agnes
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: It won the 2012 Icelandic Literary Prize for fiction and the Transfuge Award for best Scandinavian fiction in France.
: The book is polyphonic and "brick-like," utilizing elements of rhetoric, essay, and poetry. It uses multiple timeframes and narrative tricks to engage the reader in a direct, often confrontational dialogue. Critical Reception