Literary critic Elmar Arnarsson has locked himself away with his cat, a stack of recent books and liters of coffee when fresh information reaches him regarding the death of his best friend 25 years earlier. Elmar has always been convinced that Felix was murdered, and now he becomes obsessed with discovering the truth. But the search for it will turn this mild-mannered man’s existence upside down.

A compelling story about painful secrets from the past.

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