Men in My Situation: A Novel

First published with the title Menn i min situasjon in Norway by Forlaget Oktober AS in 2018. First published in English by Harvill Secker/Penguin Random House UK in 2021.

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ISBN 978-1-64445-075-8

Ebook ISBN 978-1-64445-165-6

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First Graywolf Printing, 2022

Library of Congress Control Number: 2021940561

Cover design: Kyle G. Hunter

Cover photo: plainpicture / Jan Håkan Dahlström