Money to Burn

Is it possible to love under capitalism? Maggie and Kurt are a couple struggling to hold their marriage together after their only daughter has left home. They live in a old farmhouse in Nyborg but somehow keep missing each other, unable to discuss the events that brought them together. Decades ago, a passenger ferry called the Scandinavian Star caught fire, killing hundreds of people. The event is still considered a national tragedy in Denmark and Norway. Years later, it was revealed not to be an accident, but the result of an insurance scam gone wrong. How is the Scandinavian Star disaster connected to Maggie and Kurt''s relationship? How does money affect and infect our closest relationships? And is it ever possible to escape? Money to Burn is both a dazzling work of fiction and a true-crime investigation into the unshakeable hold of money, greed and desire on us all.

About the author

Asta Olivia Nordenhof is an award-winning poet and author. Money to Burn was first published in Denmark in 2020 and went on to win the European Union Prize for Literature and the PO Enquist Prize, and to be shortlisted for the Nordic Council Literature Prize. Its publication caused a sensation internationally and it is set to be published in sixteen languages. The second book in the series, The Devil Book, was an instant bestseller in Denmark.Caroline Waight is an award-winning literary translator working from Danish, German and Norwegian. Her translations include books by Caroline Albertine Minor, Ingvild Rishøi, Maren Uthaug and Dorthe Nors. She was a finalist for the 2023 PEN Translation Award and received a special commendation at the 2023 Warwick Prize for Women in Translation.

Product details

• Authors: Asta Olivia Nordenhof
• Assisted by: Caroline Waight (Translation)
• Publisher: JONATHAN CAPE
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.02.2025
• EAN: 9781787335165
• ISBN: 978-1-78733-516-5
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 136 mm x 206 mm x 17 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; FICTION / Crime, Denmark, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Family Life / Marriage & Divorce, Fiction in translation, Family life fiction, Narrative theme: Social issues, Narrative theme: Politics, Corporate crime / white-collar crime, Crime and mystery fiction, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Ships: Liners and other ocean-going vessels, FICTION / World Literature / Denmark, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Fiction based on or inspired by true events