The Redeemer

by Jo Nesbø

‘If one is punished or humiliated in one’s childhood or adolescence by, for example, one’s parents for exhibiting a natural sexuality, what happens is that one represses this part of one’s personality. Normal sexual maturation comes to a grinding halt, and sexual preferences find a deviant outlet, so to speak. At an adult age many try to return to a period in their lives when they were allowed to be natural, to find a release for their sexuality.’

hyperelasticity. Called visage du pantomime by professionals.’ ‘What on earth are you talking about?’ ‘A person who can change their appearance without any need for make-up, disguise or plastic surgery.’