Two Finns are aware in the course of their double suicide attempt. Uniting their despair, they create an association that will bring together several dozen countries of suicidal and embark on a tour bus to the North Cape to collective suicide. Of course nothing will happen as planned and the trip will be longer than expected as it will continue to southern Portugal through Germany, France and Switzerland. A completely crazy journey that is sure to savor.
Arto Paasilinna mania black humor and humor short while masterfully, each page pulls at least a smile which is somewhat paradoxical as we are in the company of a band of depressive seeking only an ideal place to end this life they find unbearable! The author also distills many pikes against the Finnish company and society in general, ridiculing the foibles of indigenous countries crossed and his compatriots; critics are distilled with finesse, without seeming to touch it, and hit the spot every time. The hairline style leaves an easy reading, the chapters are short, the book reads very fast and seems to be written with disconcerting ease (which is evidence of the hard work of the author). A must-read novel, he is so funny and fresh, irresistible for lovers of tongue-in-cheek and Monty Python.
"If drinking, liver and pancreas played havoc. If we eat too well, cholesterol levels climbed. If you smoke, a deadly cancer became encrusted in the lungs. Whatever happens, everyone managed to blame its neighbor. Some were jogging excessive and collapsed dead from exhaustion on the cinder. Those who did not run were becoming obese, suffering from joint and back and died similarly, ultimately, of cardiac arrest. A chat as well, suicidal began to say that they finally were much better off than their compatriots forced to continue living in their homeland disaster. This observation fills them with joy, for the first time in years. "
