Money to Burn

Asta Olivia Nordenhof (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 (Translator) Caroline Waight is an award-winning literary translator working from Danish, German and Norwegian. Her translations include books by Caroline Albertine Minor, Ingvild Rishoi, 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.

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Asta Olivia Nordenhof (Author)
Asta Olivia Nordenhof is an award-winning poet and author. Money to Burn, the first book in the Scandinavian Star septology, was first published in Denmark in 2020. It was awarded the PO Enquist Prize and the European Union Prize for Literature and was shortlisted for the Nordic Council Literature Prize. An international sensation and translated into eighteen languages, Money to Burn was published in English by Jonathan Cape. The Devil Book is the second in the series and was an instant bestseller upon first publication in Denmark.

Caroline Waight (Translator)
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: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Release: 05.02.2026
• EAN: 9781529934533
• ISBN: 978-1-5299-3453-3
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Crime, Crime & mystery, Denmark, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Family Life / Marriage & Divorce, Fiction in translation, Narrative theme: Social issues, Narrative theme: Politics, Corporate crime, Corporate crime / white-collar crime, Crime and mystery fiction, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Ships & boats: general interest, 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