“Nekk” is an astonishing blend of Norwegian legends, computer games, American pop culture, and the classic literary tradition that will appeal to everyone who appreciates thoughtful prose.
When Samuel was still a boy, his mother left with his father—after taking everything little by little, she finally left forever at the last moment with only one suitcase. And many years later an unknown person attacks the governor. From the news, Sam learns that the bold—and somehow completely absurd—attack was carried out by his mother. With the cry “Oh you pig!” she threw a handful of rubble at the governor, severely injuring his eye. But it doesn’t look like a carefully planned attack—no one knew the governor would be exactly at that time in that place. Their meeting is an accident. Newspapers, having found a photograph from the 1960s somewhere, call her a “radical hippie.” Sam remembered her as a quiet, modest housewife. So who was she really, and why did she do such a thing?
The investigation will lead Samuel to Norway, the homeland of his ancestors, and then into his own past—where many secrets await him.