Sweet Sweet Revenge LTD 달콤한 복수 주식회사 by Jonas Jonasson

The beloved author of The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared returns with an enchanting adventure that skewers the greed and hypocrisy that dominates our time and holds lessons about what’s truly important in life.

 

Meet Ole Mbatian Jr., a Maasai warrior; Kevin, his sort-of-son; Jenny, a wronged and penniless ex-wife; and Hugo, an unscrupulous Stockholm ad-man whose company specializes in revenge services. 

As Jenny and Kevin seek revenge against the gallery owner who has wronged them, this madcap, funny and philosophical novel takes off on a madcap journey that spans five continents and whirls around a colorful cast of characters, including a goat called Molly and the Pope. 

As he’s done in his previous novels, Jonas Jonasson acts as a travel guide through time, drops in a few lessons on colonialism and art history, and pokes fun at capitalism and the artworld, with plenty of laughs along the way. 

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재밌는 작품이다. 현학적이고 지적인 요소가 있는 작품이다. 하지만 길고 좀 어려운 부분이 있다. 능력이 부족해서 그런지 원서를 읽는 초반(?)에는 작품의 재미를 즐기기보다는 읽어야 한다는 부담을 느꼈다. 한국번역서도 봤는데 페이지가 장난이 아니다. 아무튼 인내심을 갖고 초반(?)을 넘겨야 한다.