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Told exclusively in footnotes to an unwritten novel, Solstad's unconventional "Armand V" follows a Norwegian diplomat's objection to war in the Middle East, exacerbated when his son joins the battle. Solstad's work has won praise from Haruki Murakami, James Wood and Lydia Davis.

Armand is a diplomat rising through the ranks of the Norwegian foreign office, but he's caught between his public duty to support foreign wars in the Middle East and his private disdain for Western intervention. He hides behind knowing, ironic statements, which no one grasps and which change nothing. Armand's son joins the Norwegian SAS to fight in the Middle East, despite being specifically warned against such a move by his father, and this l...