Little Lord — Johan Borgen

Wilfred is a privileged young man growing up in upper-class society in Oslo during the halcyon days before the First World War. Beneath his strikingly well-adjusted surface runs a darker current: he is haunted by the sudden death of his father and driven to escape the stifling care of his mother for risky adventures in the criminal underworld. The strain of living a double life threatens breakdown and catastrophe. Written by one of Norway's most talented 20th-century writers, this novel is an evocative study of a vanished age of biplanes, variety shows, and Viennese psychiatry.