A review by emmkayt
Before I Burn by Gaute Heivoll

2.0

Rather meta Norwegian novel. The narrator, a writer, bears the same name as the author and the story is of a series of arsons that took place in his hometown the year he was born. It didn't gel for me. The portions focusing on the narrator seemed solipsistic, and the pace of the story as a whole was like molasses. Although, reading the reviews, perhaps I'm just shallow. At any rate, it wasn't really my cup of tea.