A groundbreaking profound and intimate novel about capitalism's effects on the human heart:
Money to Burn is the first volume of the Scandinavian Star series a new masterpiece of Danish
literature 'Buzzes with electricity... intriguing maddening exciting. I'm in' Observer
'Taut and intelligent... a moving love story and an incendiary indictment of contemporary
society' Literary Review Maggie and Kurt are struggling to hold their marriage together after
their only daughter has left home. They live in an old farmhouse in Nyborg but somehow keep
missing each other unable to discuss the events that brought them together. Decades ago a
passenger ferry called the Scandinavian Star caught fire killing 159 people. The event is
still considered a national tragedy in Denmark and Norway. Years later it was revealed not to
be an accident but the result of an insurance scam gone wrong. How is the Scandinavian Star
disaster connected to Maggie and Kurt? How does money affect and infect our closest
relationships? And is it ever possible to escape? 'A comet in Scandinavian literature' OLGA
RAVN 'Startling and irresistible' CLAIRE-LOUISE BENNETT 'Unusual fascinating and
complicated in the best way' CLAIRE FULLER 'Nordenhof's writing is electrifying' CHETNA MAROO
