A middle-aged man inherits a childhood friend’s assets, as well as his male lover. In a basement room he searches for a passion that is invisible to the rest of the world.
(b.1932-2023) was one of Iceland’s leading authors, the first one to win the coveted Icelandic Literary Prize twice, first in 1991 for the widely acclaimed The Swan and then in 1997 for the first volume of his biographical novel Father More about the author