A book that one of my colleagues gave me because
he was moving (or maybe because he had read it and found it awfully dull?).
Sure, these short stories are really well
written, but have no appeal whatsoever to someone who doesn’t have a passionate
love for the great North, or for sailing. I had never heard of Tove Jannson,
but this book felt like a fairly pathetic attempt to put together a number of
stories (and of fan letters – seriously?!?) just to make a quick buck (maybe to
pay the medical bill for an 84-old author? Although I’m not really quite sure
how many copies the book might have sold).
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