Hans Blær (2018)

Hans Blær is all of us and none of us, the twisted, frightening pleasure we get from causing others harm, the smarting pain that satisfies our longings, the neuroses that plague us when we remain silent and the pang of conscience when we decide to speak up...

Hans Blær is a 34-year-old transgender troll, a modern-day Loki, toned, athletic and stylized with sinuses burned through from snorting up mountains of cocaine. They've changed their sex more often than anyone can count, transitioned at least as many times, performed, lied and contorted their gender. Their life and views have been a continuous spectacle since they – then called Ilmur Tholl – got their own radio program and then a book deal and finally a television show. But now they're on the run, one step – never less – ahead of everyone who seeks to persecute them: the police, the public, the papers – the dregs, riff raff and rabble. The radio reports that they're wanted by the police regarding an investigation at Samastadur, a treatment center for rape victims, but to gain any grasp on this mess we must go way back ...

In this provocative and challenging book, Eirikur Orn Norddahl examines contemporary life through the keen eyes of internet troll Hans Blær, who sees all and spares no one.