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    The Scoundrel Days of Hobo Highbrow
    The Scoundrel Days of Hobo Highbrow
    The Scoundrel Days of Hobo Highbrow
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    The Scoundrel Days of Hobo Highbrow

    By Pål H. Christiansen

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    Hobo Highbrow is a writer and content with life despite not having a book published in a decade. Then he loses his proofreading job and lover. What else can he do for solace but turn to art? A meeting with Paul Waaktaar-Savoy of the pop group a-ha in the street one day somehow gives him the feeling of serendipity, that he might somehow be somewhat special himself, perhaps even a genius – just like the great Waaktar-Savoy himself.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookBaby
    Release dateMay 12, 2014
    ISBN9788290812107
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      Hobo Highbrow loves language. He works as an editor, is attempting to write a prize-winning novel and generally is rather particular about words. He lives in Oslo with a gang of offbeat friends and a loving girlfriend. Really, not much happens in this book. If I had to lay out a plot for you, I couldn't. What it reminds me most of is a sitcom - we follow a main character around, through a series of experiences that don't really lead us anywhere but entertain us all the same.Hobo is an incredibly funny character - he's quirky-bordering-on-neurotic and has so many "insightful" (yes, I mean that sarcastically) thoughts about life. He's entirely self-centered and yet is under the impression that everything he does is for the common good. For example: Hobo is helping his friend out by delivering some food to his aunt. Hobo comments about this experience that: I liked the feeling of doing something useful, of being a minuscule cog in the wheel that went by the name of CARING FOR THE ELDERLY. A mechanism that admittedly struggled from time to time, but was driven by a gang of diligent and engaging people like myself.Ha! While you can tell that much of his writing is nonsensical drivel, he truly believes himself to be an authentic and creative author. As he explains it, he was "like a loaf of bread that had risen and was about to spill out over the baking tin, out of the oven and conquer the world!!" I loved the sections were he talks about his writing and how his world needs to be set up in order for the "real" writing to begin. And his book! Such a farce. He is curiously in love with the dictionary, the game Scrabble, and the band A-ha, whom he uses as a muse and whose lyrics are like a scriptural guide to life.The translator (I'm guessing, based on several spellings, that someone British translated) did a great job with the language and style. Hobo is an authentic and European character, full of faults and yet he creates a soft spot for himself all the same. The quirky characters and dry humor made this one an entertaining read.

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