Arto Paasilinna (63)
Nine Dreams
Yhdeksän unelmaa
A razor-sharp work of autofiction from Finland’s much-loved comic novelist Art...
Operation Finlandia
Operaatio Finlandia
Arto Paasilinna’s explosively funny first novel. A stunning combination of soc...
Searching for Grandfather
Isoisää etsimässä
A touching tale of freedom that’s full of sex, alcohol, and plenty of misunder...
The Golden Climber
Kultainen nousukas
A biting post-war satire about a boy with big ambitions who is determined to cre...
The Flying Carpenter
Lentävä kirvesmies
Absurdist humour, Bronze Age mythology, and magical realism come together in thi...
Sunrise on Judgement Day
Tuomiopäivän aurinko nousee
A farcical, laugh-out-loud tale of a Finnish man who seizes his opportunity to s...
The World Ends in a Neigh
Hirnuva maailmanloppu
A wild and rib-tickling story that combines Orwellian dystopia with talking hors...
The Airships of Mr Liljeroos
Liikemies Liljeroosin ilmalaivat
An audacious novel and a thrilling adventure about coming together in the face o...
The Flight of the Maidens
Neitosten karkuretki
A poignant and touching summer tale about three wild orphans who embark upon the...
The Sheriff of Denver
Laki vaatii vainajia
Arto Paasilinna’s first ever novel. Written by a 16-year-old Paasilinna, this ...
A Happy Man
Onnellinen mies
A wickedly funny satire about money, power, and the joys of small town life.
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Ten Shrews
Kymmenen riivinrautaa
An unmissable erotic farce from Finland’s best known comic novelist Arto Paasi...
The Surefooted Shipwright
Parasjalkainen laivanvarustaja
A surprising and jubilant tale with enough twists and turns to keep you guessing...
The Finnish Book of Snouts
Suomalainen kärsäkirja
A lively and adventurous eco novel about life in contemporary Finland, species e...
The Wanton Prayer Wheel
Rietas rukousmylly
A rich tale of travel and trickery that pushes the boundaries of imagination and...
Cold Nerves, Hot Blood
Kylmät hermot, kuuma veri
A dazzling novel about strength, bravery, and the power of magic set in a war-to...
Saviour Surunen
Vapahtaja Surunen
A rowdy tale about a human rights activist gone rogue that’s full of irony.
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Good Heavens!
Herranen aika
A laugh-out-loud novel about trying to make a difference that’s set in the aft...
God Almighty
Auta armias
An earthy and humorous tale with echoes of Giovanni Guareschi’s Father Camillo...
Adam and Eve
Aatami ja Eeva
A biting satire about capitalism and saving the world from Finland's greatest li...
Prisoners of Paradise
Paratiisisaaren vangit
Paasilinna reinvents the literary topos of a desert island in a way that only he...
The Son of the Thunder God
Ukkosenjumalan poika
A slapstick Christian satire that’s more Monty Python’s Life of Brian than J...
The Sweet Poison Cook
Suloinen myrkynkeittäjä
A hilarious crime novel about an unexpected killer who dresses in old lace and s...
The Reverend’s Beastly Valet
Rovasti Huuskosen petomainen miespalvelija
A fantastic display of absurdism, even by Paasilinna’s standards. Shortlisted ...
Life Short, Rytkönen Tall
Elämä lyhyt, Rytkönen pitkä
A glorious and profound summer road trip novel about memory loss that travels ac...
The Forest of Hanged Foxes
Hirtettyjen kettujen metsä
Dark, macabre humour from Arto Paasilinna, the Kurt Vonnegut of the North.
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The Howling Miller
Ulvova mylläri
A fable of freedom and the Finnish backwoods featuring Huttunen, an eccentric ou...
The Year of the Hare
Jäniksen vuosi
An internationally bestselling comic novel in which a man — with the help of a...
The Clumsy Guardian Angel
Tohelo suojelusenkeli
A soaring and heart-warming fantasy about a trainee guardian angel with a seemin...
Alive at His Own Funeral
Elävänä omissa hautajaisissa
Part fairy tale, part narrative fiction, Paasilinna’s final novel tells a thou...
A Charming Mass Suicide
Hurmaava joukkoitsemurha
Two depressed men decide to found a ‘Let’s do it together’ suicide associa...
War Horse
Sotahevonen
Two Russians—a pilot and a Soviet spy posing as a pharmacist—infiltrate Finn...
