Fatso

Fatso is an outrageous, absorbing and moving tale of sex, love and redemption. Rino is fat, ambitionless and a 34-year-old virgin. He is also obsessed with sex. Filled with self-loathing, Rino is resigned to a life of pornography and loneliness until fate steps in to turn his world upside down. When his father decides to let out one of the rooms in his apartment to a liberated young woman named Maria, Rino is flung back into the human stratosphere. What follows is the development of a relationship that is complex, rewarding and brutally human, a relationship that forces Rino to live again.

Praise for Fatso:

'Imagine if the ghost of Henry Miller re-wrote the first Adrian Mole Diary. One of the most memorable literary grotesques of the new century. This is blistering, naturalistic, Dogme fiction, oozing realism and stinking of grimy humanity' Irish Examiner

'Ramslie is one of the leading lights of a new wave of young Norwegian authors, writing gritty modern stories that show the ugly underbelly of modern Europe' Sunday Business Post

'Sucks you in with its opening page' 5 Star Review in the RTE Guide

'Will make you laugh even in places you know you shouldn't. Ramslie is an extremely talented writer! It is unlikely that he will remain a secret in the English-speaking world for too much longer' Totally Dublin