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A timely and provocative novel about a mysterious Icelandic neo-Nazi and the enduring global allure of fascism.In England in 1962, an Icelandic man is found dead on a train. In his possession, policemen find a map on which a swastika has been drawn with a red pen. Who was he, and where was he going?Based on the life of one of the ringleaders of a little-known neo-Nazi group that operated in Reykjavík in the late fifties and early sixties, Red ...

By the internationally acclaimed Icelandic writer Sjon, a timely novel about a young neo-Nazi in post-WWII Iceland and the roots of the far-right global networks of today.

A timely and provocative novel about a mysterious Icelandic neo-Nazi and the enduring global allure of fascismIn England in 1962, an Icelandic man is found dead on a train bound for Cheltenham Spa. In his possession, policemen find a map on which a swastika has been drawn with a red pen. Who was he, and where was he going?In a novel that reads as both biography and mystery, the internationally celebrated novelist Sjón tells the story of Gunnar...

By one of the most admired writers on the international stage, a timely novel about a young Neo-Nazi in post-WWII Iceland and the roots of the far-right global networks of today.

The novel that put Sjon on the international map, now published by Sceptre in a stunning new package.

Spanning eras, continents, and genres, CoDex 1962-twenty years in the making-is Sjón's epic three-part masterpieceOver the course of four dazzling novels translated into dozens of languages, Sjón has earned a global reputation as one of the world's most interesting writers. But what the world has never been able to read is his great trilogy of novels, known collectively as CoDex 1962-now finally complete.Josef Löwe, the narrator, was born in 1...

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A masterpiece . . . I challenge any author to top it!' Sigridur Alberstsdottir, Icelandic National Broadcasting Service.Jósef Loewe enters the world as a lump of clay - carried in a hatbox by his Jewish father Leo, a fugitive in WWII Germany.Taking refuge in a small-town guesthouse, Leo discovers a kindred spirit in the young woman who nurses him back to health and together they shape the clay into a baby. But en route to safety in Iceland, he...

Set against the stark backdrop of the Icelandic winter landscape, the mysterious blue fox is an elusive, enigmatic target for hunters like Baldur, a 19th-century priest who has profound influence over his rural community and is now seeking to extend his dominion.

Valdimar Haraldsson, an eccentric Icelander with elevated ideas about the influence of fish consumption on Nordic civilization, has had the good fortune to be invited to join a Danish merchant ship on its way to the Black Sea. What unfolds is a slender, brilliant novel that evokes Borges and Calvino as it weaves together tales of myth and antiquity.

Reykjavik, 1918. The eruptions of the Katla volcano darken the sky night and day. Yet despite the natural disaster, the shortage of coal and the Great War still raging in the outside world, life in the small capital goes on as always. Sixteen-year-old Máni Steinn lives for the movies. Awake, he lives on the fringes of society. Asleep, he dreams in pictures, the threads of his own life weaving through the tapestry of the films he loves. When th...

In the chilling aftermath of Iceland's Lutheran Reformation in 1635, Jonas Palmason - a poet, naturalist and self-taught healer - has been condemned to exile for heretical conduct. Based on the historical figure Jon Gudmundsson, From the Mouth of the Whale is a magical evocation of an enlightened mind and a vanished age.

An ode to storytelling, The Whispering Muse evokes a time gone by with wit and verve, from the rogues and oddities among sea-faring types, to the long-lost romance and mystique of ancient mythology.

An original mix of folk tale and thriller, this Icelandic novel is set during a winter in the 19th century. Sjon has written lyrics to Bjork's hit songs "Isobel", "Joga" and Bachelorette", and he's won the Nordic Literary Prize. He was also nominated for an Academy Award for the music for the film "Dancer In The Dark". Translated by Victoria Cribb.