“I didn’t know you’d take your ring off before you go out clubbing. Sometimes it’s married men who pull harder, I’ve heard. Have you heard that, Baldur?’ Silja found how her voice was getting harder and the sore place on her hand was beginning to hurt. ‘I do just about next to nothing these days. I’m looking for work. Or I’m supposed to be looking for work. So my time’s just sort of taken up with that,’ she added, lifting her glass and cigarette.”
Reykjavik Café follows the lives of four young Reykjavik women who have little in common except for their city-centre surroundings and their place of sanctuary at Café Quarter. An effervescent tale of love and life that spans the whole spectrum of human emotions.
An engaging story from beginning to end…The language is lively
and the characters convincing, the plot works well, skilfully split
between four stories, for each of the girls.” MORGUNBLADID DAILY
“This book grabs you…Each quarter flies by and cannot
be put down. Smart and funny too. A sort of Bridget Jones
without the inferiority complex.” FRETTATIMINN WEEKLY
(b.1982) previously released the novel Reykjavik Café. She is a political scientist and holds a Master’s in Nationalism Studies from the University of Edinburgh with an emphasis on the conflict in Northern Ireland. “Jonsdottir has a clear eye, writes with an More about the author