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Andréa AgerHanssen Havoc, the first novel by Andr
éa Ager-Hanssen, is about Hedda, a young, pregnant academic with a complicated life. But the real main character is not Hedda but her father, an eccentric and unpredictable venture capitalist whose whims ruled the family throughout Hedda’s youth. Living in the lap of luxury one day; creditors at the door and the power shut off the next. And the rest of the family left to pick up the pieces. In this dark and tragicomic novel, Ager-Hanssen portrays not just a dysfunctional family but also, by extension, a capitalist system that lures us to live beyond our means and lose ourselves in unrealistic lifestyle aspirations. Annina Rabe Rights sold to: 1 country Havoc 267 p, 2025, Natur & Kultur Rights: Blyant Agency On the road to disaster – personal bankruptcy, say – is there one moment when it all goes to hell? Or is disaster something that sneaks up on you? And do poor financial decisions get handed down? Havoc is a messy, darkly comic book about money, family, and the things we inherit. Agri Ismail Rarely has the financial sector been portrayed with as much insight and sarcastic wit as in Hyper, Agri Ismail’s debut novel about migration and money and the ways these two powerful forces intersect. With the 2008 financial crisis as backdrop, Ismail tells the story of a Kurdish family who flee Iraq via Iran and finally wind up in London. But divisions arise, as they do not all have the same capacity to merge or assimilate into this new world in which they find themselves Hyper is a rich and engrossing novel that moves across continents and class boundaries. It offers unique insight into the massively wealthy world of finance that rules us all, but itself is largely ruled by bunglers; at the same time, it paints an intimate portrait of a family divided by war, politics, and money. Quite the magic trick. Hyper was awarded the prestigious Katapult Prize in 2024 and was nominated for both the August Prize and Borås Tidning’s Debutant Prize. 24 Jenny Aschenbrenner Rights sold to: 4 countries Hyper 420 p, 2024, Albert Bonniers Förlag Rights: Albatros Agency All you need to know about being a refugee and dealing with money: either your own or the hyper-fast transactions of modern finance. Money has the power to liberate, but more often it corrupts. A family history about different ways to perform over expectations. More Swedish Fiction Photo: Hilda Randulv Photo: Märta Thisner