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The School of Night: The addictive new novel from the Sunday Times bestseller
Karl Ove Knausgaard
'An almost dangerously immersive reading experience that will completely take over your life... utterly captivating' Martin MacInnes, Booker longlisted author of IN ASCENSION
London. 1985. A city rife with possibility and desire. One young man who wants it all.
Kristian Hadeland, newly arrived in the city, seethes with ambition and contempt. His family in Norway never understood him; his fellow photography students bore him. But he knows he and his art are destined for more.
Then he meets Hans, an eccentric Dutch artist. With Hans, the future Kristian yearns for is tangible. All art is possible. Any line can be crossed.
But success comes at a price. And when Kristian does the unthinkable, will he be prepared to pay it?
Electrifying and unflinching, The School of Night is a singular novel about artistic creation and human corruption. It is the story of one terrible man's rise and fall, and a reckoning with the darkest parts of human nature.
'Mysterious, unsettling, thought provoking, unpredictable and darkly entertaining' Colin Barrett, Booker longlisted author of WILD HOUSES
‘Dark and precise about the underside of human desire and connection. . . painfully funny’ Megan Nolan, author of ACTS OF DESPERATION
PRAISE FOR KARL OVE KNAUSGAARD:
‘Absorbs you utterly’ Sunday Times
‘One of the most genuinely suspenseful, alluring books I’ve ever read’ Brandon Taylor
‘Addictive’ Daily Telegraph
‘Brilliant storytelling . . . Epic’ Independent
'Strikingly humane, unsettling, and wholly unique' Ferdia Lennon
‘As accessible and creepy as anything by Stephen King and as addictive as your favourite TV drama’ Spectator
'One of my literary heroes' Torrey Peters
‘Knausgaard is among the finest writers alive’ New York Times
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About Karl Ove Knausgaard
Reviews for The School of Night: The addictive new novel from the Sunday Times bestseller
The Times
Knausgaard has always been brilliant on families and the domestic.... But in combining this with elements of genre and even pulp fiction - crime-thriller, horror and the occult - he has unleashed something entirely new, an antic and almost dangerously immersive reading experience that will completely take over your life.
Martin MacInnes, author of IN ASCENSION
Knausgaard has surpassed even his phenomenally high standards with his latest novel. This dark and macabre offering is incredibly addictive… an intense but hugely rewarding read
Daily Telegraph
This dark and macabre offering is one of the most incredibly addictive books I’ve ever read… an intense but hugely rewarding read
UK Press Syndication
Ingenious...engrossing...a remarkable addition to an exciting and disturbing series
Publishers Weekly
Sinister and surreal...A parable of ambition , told with epic heft - and a decent place to start if you've been curious about this writer but never read yet him .
Daily Mail
The School Of Night is another startling, gripping entry in Karl Ove Knausgaard's Morning Star series. I love spending time in this ripe, mysterious, unsettling, thought provoking, unpredictable and darkly entertaining world Knausgaard is in the process of creating.
Colin Barrett, Booker longlisted author of WILD HOUSES The School of NIght is a good place to start for anyone who hasn't read Knausgaard before
NRK
Karl Ove Knausgaard is one of my literary heroes
Torrey Peters A deeply strange, polyphonic gothic novel with echoes of Bram Stoker. . . conjures a fictive world that is at once strikingly humane, unsettling, and wholly unique
Ferdia Lennon on THE THIRD REALM