[BWF] The Rabbit Factor by Antti Tuomainen (in translation) - 4 stars

[Theresa]

Henri is an actuary for an insurance company in Finland. He's a mathematician, loving the order and reliability that it brings to his life. He's predictable, with a life filled with precision, habit and order. Then he's fired from his job, and within days finds out his brother, the last of his family, has died suddenly, leaving him his adventure park and a plea to make it a success.

That's only the beginning of the chaos that takes over Henri's life -- turns out that his brother had borrowed huge sums from a criminal money lender who sends enforcers out to visit him. Then there are the feelings he's experiencing towards one of the employees. Plus there is the adventure park itself and all its employees. Will Henri's life ever be the same?

A dark thriller filled with humor and memorable characters (and elements of that adventure park are full characters - there really is a giant rabbit that has a key roll), at the same time it is satirizing much of contemporary business management and corporate agendas. I can't wait to read more of this authors nordic humorous thrillers.

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