‘A damned masterpiece’

Sunday Times

‘An almost dangerously immersive reading experience that will completely take over your life... utterly captivating’

Martin MacInnes, Booker longlisted author of IN ASCENSION

London. 1985. A city rife with possibility and desire. One young man who wants it all.

Kristian Hadeland, newly arrived in the city, seethes with ambition and contempt. His family in Norway never understood him; his fellow photography students bore him. But he knows he and his art are destined for more.

Then he meets Hans, an eccentric Dutch artist. With Hans, the future Kristian yearns for is tangible. All art is possible. Any line can be crossed.

But success comes at a price. And when Kristian does the unthinkable, will he be prepared to pay it?

Electrifying and unflinching, The School of Night is a singular novel about artistic creation and human corruption. It is the story of one terrible man's rise and fall, and a reckoning with the darkest parts of human nature.

Addictive and eerie Guardian

Engrossing, dark and amusing Rachel Kushner, Booker shortlisted author of CREATION LAKE

Mysterious, unsettling, thought provoking, unpredictable and darkly entertaining Colin Barrett, Booker longlisted author of WILD HOUSES

Dark and precise about the underside of human desire and connection... painfully funnyMegan Nolan, author of ACTS OF DESPERATION

PRAISE FOR KARL OVE KNAUSGAARD:

Absorbs you utterly Sunday Times

One of the most genuinely suspenseful, alluring books I’ve ever read Brandon Taylor

Addictive Daily Telegraph

Brilliant storytelling... Epic Independent

Strikingly humane, unsettling, and wholly unique Ferdia Lennon

As accessible and creepy as anything by Stephen King and as addictive as your favourite TV drama Spectator

One of my literary heroes Torrey Peters

Knausgaard is among the finest writers alive New York Times