The main character, like the title says, is a mysterious guy. Nagel arrives in a Norwegian town with plenty of money and goodwill, and though kind of an eccentric, seems to start to fit in with the local crowd. But it's almost as if Nagel only just landed on Earth, and while he wishes to live correctly, has no idea how to do it. Published at the end of the last century, Mysteries is an existentialist novel, very strange, often very funny, often sad and largely asking the question, "Why live?"
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Hardback Editions
1988 : Hardback
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1976 : Hardback
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October 1973 : Hardback
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January 1971 : Hardback
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1947 : Hardback
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June 1927 : Hardback
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Paperback Editions
December 2024 : Mass Market Paperback
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August 2006 : Paperback
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January 2005 : Paperback
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March 1998 : Paperback
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February 1992 : Paperback
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February 1992 : Paperback
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June 1990 : Paperback
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1978 : Paperback
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January 1977 : Paperback
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January 1976 : Paperback
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1975 : Paperback
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January 1974 : Paperback
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August 1971 : Paperback
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January 2001 : Kindle edition
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January 1971 : Unknown
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1927 : Unknown
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1927 : Unknown
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