Martin Molberg's girlfriend has been murdered. What we have: the name
of an unknown; a hotel room number; a pornographic photo... The story
starts out like your everyday thriller, but it isn't long until you are
drawn into the strange world of the protagonist ("I took another
Supril and some whisky..."). What is real, and what is only part of
his drug-blurred vision? The strangest theories arise from his research.
Electronic image manipulation, spies and government agencies enter the
stage, things that were taken for real are suddenly not so sure.
This novel is a special treat because Molberg is a sort of anti-hero
and sometimes you want to empty a bucket of water over his head and
tell him what to do. But as a reader, you have no choice but to see
the world through his eyes... which is not so bad, after all.
How to get it
The original Danish title is
"Uden sikker viden".
Uncertainty (English Title; translators: George Blecher and Lone Thygensen Blecher)
American Hardcover, Harcourt, ca. $ 22 US,
ISBN 0-151-00202-9,
at amazon.com
American paperback, 261 pp, Fawcett Books, ca. $ 12 US,
ISBN 0-449-91236-1,
at amazon.com
Ohne sicheres Wissen (German Title; translator: Lars Kruse)
German hardcover, 266 pp, Hanser, ca. EUR 15, ISBN 3-446-18536-4
(Seems to be out of print)at JF Lehmanns;at amazon.de