The Highbrow archives: The Origin of Hobo
“The funniest debut novel I can remember to have read ever,” the Norwegian critic and essayist Henning Hagerup wrote in his review of “Harry var ikke ved sine fulle fem” way back in 1989. Hobo Highbrow from “Drømmer om storhet” (2002), appeared as one of several main characters in this book. Looking back to the…
Felix Janosa and Pål H. Christiansen talking about Fjodor
For a competition on Fjodors new German book “Fjodor und der große Knall” Felix Janosa and Pål H. Christiansen have sat down to chat about the naughty fish: Felix: Pål, at what age did you start writing stories and what was your first one? Pål: I wanted to write from the age of 10, but…
Felix Janosa – writer of the German Fjodor songs
“Auf der Fahrt nach Hiva Oa” is already in the Lilipuz-Charts and all Fjodorfans will surely sing along with Bobby Berg und die Landratten “Fjodor, Fjodor macht Radau, Fjodor frecher Kabeljau”! Felix Janosa, who is also the composer for the Ritter Rost musicals, has written all these songs. We have asked him some questions about…
Paul from albums to book
In the new novel “Drømmer om Storhet” Paul Waaktaar of a-ha has been given a place in Norwegian literature. As a partly fictional character. To call Pål H. Christiansen’s “Drømmer om Storhet” a novel about Paul Waaktaar would be an exaggeration. It’s first and foremost about Hobo Highbrow, a failed writer and proofreader who loses…