The Unworthy
$23.28
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
31 August 2026
Summary
“Jacobsen can make almost anything catch the light … One of Norway’s greatest writers on the working class” Times Literary Supplement
They’re a gang without a name - Olav, Carl, Roar, Jan and Vidar - teenage boys growing up in a working-class area of Oslo under the shadow of Nazi occupation. They live in poverty but earn a crust by creatively swindling their fellow citizens, falsifying documents and stealing like magpies. And they don’t shy away from targetin…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529436129 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1529436125 |
| Author: | Roy Jacobsen, Don Bartlett, Don Shaw |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | MacLehose Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 31 August 2026 |
| Weight: | 260g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 26mm |
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Critics Review
A brutal war novel … Roy Jacobsen is, as always, a master * VG *The Unworthy has to be one of Roy Jacobsen’s best novels * Klassekampen *Jacobsen does not glorify nor damn his characters, all of whom … feel authentically human, never ciphers to carry an idea. [This] makes for a book whose exacting worm’s eye verisimilitude is altogether convincing. * The Jewish Chronicle *A testament to luck, tenacity and friendship, rough in expression, beautiful in execution. * Financial Times *
About The Author
Roy Jacobsen
Roy Jacobsen has twice been nominated for the Nordic Council’s Literary Award: for Seierherrene in 1991, and Frost in 2003. In 2009, he was shortlisted for the Dublin Impac Award for his novel The Burnt-Out Town of Miracles. The Unseen, the first in a bestselling historical series, was shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize in 2017.
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