Originally written in Finnish in 1975 this book was recently re-released in English by Penguin. I read this review of it on NPR last week and realized that I had picked up a free copy of it ALA Midwinter. So once I finished my horrid book club book I decided this would be a nice, fun quick read. It certainly was quick. I read it in about an hour and half. I'm not sure I enjoyed it as much as the NPR reviewer, but mostly I think that is a preference for book styles. The book was fairly absurdist with the main character running off into the woods after an injured hare and abandoning his career as a journalist and his wife to go running around Finland having odd adventures with this hare. I like a little more realism in my reading material, but people who are more inclined towards the absurd might enjoy this quite a bit.