It's Fine By Me

Written by Per Petterson

Narrated by Adam Verner

Arvid Jansen befriends a boy named Audun, who is new to Arvid's school. On his first day, Audun refuses to talk or take his sunglasses off. Arvid soon learns that there are stories that Audun would prefer to keep to himself. Audun opens up to Arvid and tells him about life with his mother in a working-class district of Oslo; his job delivering newspapers; his respect for authors Jack London and Ernest Hemingway; and his doubts about school being the right path for him.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dreamscape Media
• Release date: Oct 30, 2012
• ISBN: 9781666594805

Per Petterson

Per Petterson is the author of five previous novels, which established him as one of Norway's best fiction writers. Petterson worked as a manual laborer, spent twelve years as a bookseller, and was a translator and literary critic before becoming a full-time writer. His novel Out Stealing Horses won the 2007 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, and was named one of the best books of 2007 by the New York Times Book Review and Time.