An insurance mathematician's carefully ordered life is turned on
its head when he unexpectedly loses his job and inherits an
adventure park ... with a whole host of problems. A quirky, tense
and warmly funny thriller from award-winning Finnish author Antti
Tuomainen, FIRST in a series... **Soon to be a major motion picture
starring Steve Carell for Amazon Studios** 'Laconic, thrilling and
warmly human. In these uncertain times, what better hero than an
actuary?' Chris Brookmyre 'The antic novels of Antti Tuomainen
prove that comedy is not lost in translation ... Tuomainen, like
Carl Hiaasen before him, has the knack of combining slapstick with
genuine emotion' The Times 'A thriller with black comedy worth of
Nabokov' Telegraph _______________ Just one spreadsheet away from
chaos... What makes life perfect? Insurance mathematician Henri
Koskinen knows the answer because he calculates everything down to
the very last decimal. And then, for the first time, Henri is faced
with the incalculable. After suddenly losing his job, Henri
inherits an adventure park from his brother - its peculiar
employees and troubling financial problems included. The worst of
the financial issues appear to originate from big loans taken from
criminal quarters ... and some dangerous men are very keen to get
their money back. But what Henri really can't compute is love. In
the adventure park, Henri crosses paths with Laura, an artist with
a chequered past, and a joie de vivre and erratic lifestyle that
bewilders him. As the criminals go to extreme lengths to collect
their debts and as Henri's relationship with Laura deepens, he
finds himself faced with situations and emotions that simply cannot
be pinned down on his spreadsheets... Warmly funny, rich with
quirky characters and absurd situations, The Rabbit Factor is a
triumph of a dark thriller, its tension matched only by its ability
to make us rejoice in the beauty and random nature of life.
_______________ 'Inventive and compelling' Vaseem Khan 'Readers
might think they know what to expect from Nordic noir: a tortured
detective, a bleak setting, a brutal crime that shakes a small
community. Finnish crime novelist Tuomainen turns all of this on
its head ... The ear of a giant plastic rabbit becomes a key
weapon. It only gets darker and funnier' Guardian 'The funniest
writer in Europe, and one of the very finest ... original and
brilliant story-telling' Helen FitzGerald 'Full of refreshing wit
and wisdom ... a treat'Publishers Weekly STARRED REVIEW 'A dark and
delightful novel with an intelligent, brave, and persnickety hero'
Foreword Reviews 'Antti Tuomainen turns the cliched idea of dour,
humourless Scandi noir upside ... Dark, gripping and hilarious.
Tuomainen is the Carl Hiaasen of the fjords' Martyn Waites 'A
triumph ... a joyous, feel-good antidote to troubled times' Kevin
Wignall 'Finland's greatest export' M.J. Arlidge 'An astounding
read. It has the suspenseful twists of a thriller, the
laugh-out-loud moments of a comedy and a tragic dimension that
brings a tear to the eye' Crime Fiction Lover 'You don't expect to
laugh when you're reading about terrible crimes, but that's what
you'll do when you pick up one of Tuomainen's decidedly quirky
thrillers' New York Times 'Tuomainen is the funniest writer in
Europe' The Times 'Right up there with the best' Times Literary
Supplement 'Tuomainen continues to carve out his own niche in the
chilly tundras of northern' Daily Express For fans of Fargo,
Fredrik Backman, Richard Osman
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