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ream of burning passion, the kind that makes common sense surrender and everyday life fall apart, can lead to nightmarish situations. In Jonas Brun’s latest novel, it’s exactly this kind of passion that strikes a teenage boy during the summer holidays. Close to his family’s place in the country he meets a young man who’s hiding in an abandoned house. What happens between them is so fiery and intense that it reunites them twenty years later. Brun portrays the claustrophobic tension that forms between the two lovers. The dialogue vibrates with veiled threat, at first only hinted at, but then becoming increasingly clear. As a reader you’re caught between thrilled expectation and tense dread. Jonas Brun (b. 1979) Nothing Compared to You Publisher Albert Bonniers Förlag www.albertbonniersforlag.se Rights Albert Bonniers Förlag helena.ljungstrom@ albertbonniers.se Selected Works Den andra tiden novel 2004 Det amfibiska hjärtat novel 2009 Skuggland novel 2012 Selected Literary Prizes Mare Kandre-priset 2009 Sveriges Radios Romanpris 2013 De Nios Vinterpris 2016 Photo: Sara Mac Key