The Kindness

Twenty-eight refugees are found in a shipping container in Norrtalje, Sweden, causing a lack of trust, aggression, and violence. Six characters are in search of love and connection, and their extraordinary qualities will confront the metaphysical illness consuming their town. Lindqvist has become a distinctive and urgent voice in contemporary literature.

Format: Hardback
Length: 816 pages
Publication date: 03 August 2023
Publisher: Quercus Publishing

A shipping container is mysteriously dumped in the Swedish port town of Norrtalje. Due to their ignorance of its ownership, it isn't until a week has passed that the authorities can have it forced open. There, the remains of twenty-eight refugees are found, a situation of unrelenting horror. Not only that; a black sludge pours out, contaminating the river and causing a new, sickening dread that affects Norrtalje's inhabitants, causing a lack of trust, aggression, and violence. It seems like an end to kindness.

Six characters are at the centre of this extraordinary novel, six people in search of love and connection, whose extraordinary qualities will confront the metaphysical illness consuming their town. As Lindqvist has increasingly devoted himself to the subtle plumbing of the human soul, he has become a distinctive and urgent voice in contemporary literature.

Weight: 1130g
Dimension: 166 x 244 x 66 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781529419054