Tag: thescoundreldaysofhobohighbrow

  • Bookreview: Rain Is Rain in Manglerud

    Bookreview: Rain Is Rain in Manglerud

    “Failed writer meets world famous guitarist” – A beautifully written new novel from young German writer Tessa Weitemeier, a-ha expert Barry Page concludes after reading Rain Is Rain In Manglerud. Struggling writer and perennial dreamer Hobo Highbrow is, literally, a man out of time; he possesses neither a watch nor a calendar to tell him…

  • 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…