UNLIKELY AND UNFORGETTABLE FRIENDSHIPS: If you never thought a dogged detective and mischievous forest imp could become an inseparable duo, Juhani Karila's wonderful and wacky debut is out to change your mind.ECO FICTION WITH A TWIST: The natural world is at the heart of Fishing for the Little Pike as Elina fights to unravel her fate from that of a frustratingly elusive pike, battling mosquitoes, mud, and mythical creatures along the way. A GENRE-BLENDING NOVEL WITH CROSSOVER APPEAL: With a playful style that combines the folk-punk madness of J.D Wilkes' The Vine that Ate the South with the eccentricity of beloved Finnish author Arto Paasilina, Juhani Karila's award-winning debut balances elements of mystery, thriller, romance, comedy, eco-literature, and magical realism.A UNIQUE FIND FOR FOLKLORE LOVERS/A ROWDY, MODERN FAIRYTALE: Drawing on the rich history of Lapland mythology, Fishing fo The little Pike is peppered with fantastic and unforgettable characters from vengeful river spirits and lonely forest imps to immaterial demons.A SPELLBINDING DEBUT FROM AN AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR: A talented journalist by training, Juhani Karila has made himself known as a prose writer to watch with his first collection of short stories, Gorilla (2013) which took second place in the Helsingin Sanomat Prize and Fishing For the Little Pike which was the winner of the Jarkko Laine Literature Prize.
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