The Susan Effect

An artfully written, exuberant thriller with a mercurial and interesting central character – Barry Forshaw * Guardian *
It’s a rare treat to read a book by the far-from-prolific Danish author Peter Høeg… His latest novel is an offbeat futuristic thriller… the challenges Hoeg sets his readers are well worth taking on * Express *
A well-tuned and clever femi-thriller. * Politiken *
A continually surprising conspiracy thriller. – THRILLER OF THE WEEK * The Mail on Sunday *
Peter Høeg is back. And better. And with a novel that is both a thriller, a social critique, and existentially provoking – and on top of that, wonderful and funny. * Dagbladenes Bureau *
The main character bares a clear resemblance to a certain Miss Smilla. It is not often that Høeg writes a new novel, but this one has clearly been worth the long wait. * Kulturnaut *
Entertaining * Economist *
Susan is a resourceful action heroine, part Lisbeth Salander, part Saga Norén, fearless with a crowbar and a screwdriver * The Arts Desk *
The Susan Effect introduces an eccentric mix of characters headed by its ultra-bright narrator, Susan Svendson… Hoeg is serious, funny, intelligent, ridiculous, preachy, wise, incomprehensible, surreal and persuasive. It’s very readable – Marcel Berlins * The Times *
Peter Høeg is back with a new thriller about quantum physics and the fact that the elite is neglecting the rest of society…the novel is a well-placed kick into high society’s modern powdered wigs. * Weekendavisen *

Peter Høeg (Author)

Peter Høeg was born in 1957 and followed various callings - dancer, actor, fencer, sailor, mountaineer - before he turned seriously to writing. He published his first novel, The History of Danish Dreams, in 1988, and was called ‘the foremost writer of his generation’ by Information magazine. His crime novel Miss Smilla’s Feeling for Snow received universal acclaim and was an international bestseller.

Martin Aitken (Translator)

Martin Aitken’s translations of Scandinavian fiction are widely published. His work has appeared on the shortlists of the International Booker Prize, the Dublin Literary Award, and the US National Book Awards, among other prizes. He received the PEN America Translation Prize in 2019 and, for the first book in the Morning Star cycle, the US National Translation Award in Prose in 2022. He lives in Denmark.

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