Mark Farrell Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 Anyone read it? Wonder if there are any wee nods to Aberdeen in there. It's called Exposed at the Back.“The agents, the fixers, the people who contribute nothing to football and leech money out — don’t like me,” says author Arild Stavrum. "I wanted to highlight the crimes which are being committed in the sport. Football is a beautiful game, and I hate people who steal from it. It’s true, I do focus on dark areas of the game — but they do exist, believe me.”Norway's most powerful soccer agent, the charismatic and ruthless Arild Golden, is found brutally murdered. Rumors circulate about infidelity and secret deals, about billions that cannot be traced and stories about talented African players who are dumped without papers when they fail to make the grade in the professional game. The lawyer Steinar Brunsvik, a former player for Ajax and the Norwegian national team, as asked to represent murder suspect Taribo Shorunmo. Shorunmo is a former pro soccer player living in Norway without a visa. Brunsvik discovers that his own soccer career has a connection to Golden's murder and realizes he caught in the middle of a dirty game that could prove fatal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Farrell Posted June 2, 2015 Author Share Posted June 2, 2015 He said in another interview he didn't see any evidence of corruption in Scotland though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsimButtHitsASix Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 The simplicity of language when Scandinavian literature is translated to English is often one of its shortcomings but, within the realms that it has reached a global audience of late within crime fiction and horror, it can viewed as a benefit. It runs alongside the great crime-noir novels of the middle of the last century giving it an almost train-of-thought characteristic. And I can't think of anything simpler than a footballer writing a book. This could be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Farrell Posted June 2, 2015 Author Share Posted June 2, 2015 The simplicity of language when Scandinavian literature is translated to English is often one of its shortcomings but, within the realms that it has reached a global audience of late within crime fiction and horror, it can viewed as a benefit. It runs alongside the great crime-noir novels of the middle of the last century giving it an almost train-of-thought characteristic. And I can't think of anything simpler than a footballer writing a book. This could be good. Haha. Good point. I don't think he'll be the next Knausgaard. I like how he kills off a football journalist at the start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 Never heard of him. I've never heard of Knausgaard, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermik Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 "Arild"l Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsimButtHitsASix Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 Stavrum was fucking amazing in one of the old Champ Managers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitnail Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 Darren Mackie hasn't read it, but tells me it's his favourite book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 I've never heard of Knausgaard, either. It's the gay version of Valhalla. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
an_dee Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 Arild was in just about every packet of spl stickers I bought in 99! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geedub-MFC Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 Hi Arild Mark! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_K_97 Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 Darren Mackie hasn't read it, but tells me it's his favourite book. He's seen the film loads of times so the book must be great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Septentrional Wasp Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 Is this the guy that's on Off the Ball fairly regularly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Farrell Posted June 3, 2015 Author Share Posted June 3, 2015 He cut his hair off once and sent it to a journalist who said it was too long, that's my main memory of him but I was quite wee at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Farrell Posted June 3, 2015 Author Share Posted June 3, 2015 Arild was in just about every packet of spl stickers I bought in 99! I found some of my old albums not so long ago, so many faces I had forgotten about! Some have just dropped off the face of the earth now. To think about all the pocket money I wasted on those things... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 Is this the guy that's on Off the Ball fairly regularly? Yes - he was on a few months back talking about his writing and his time at Aberdeen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
an_dee Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 I found some of my old albums not so long ago, so many faces I had forgotten about! Some have just dropped off the face of the earth now. To think about all the pocket money I wasted on those things...I think the year Stavrum was first in it with that hair do was also the year it went to 26p a packet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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