In praise of trash

I never said I was going to read only Great or Important literature on the #worldreads challenge. One book per country, that's all I promised.

So Headhunters by Norway's own chart-topper Jo Nesbø was book number 2.

A fun little romp to be sure, and it had some depth. An amoral headhunter of the corporate variety (Corporatus headhunterus) living a lifestyle beyond his means gives us an inside view of his craft, and we learn that the most important quality for being CEO of a major corporation is height. The more you've got, the higher you'll go. An outsize ego and good taste in art doesn't hurt either. 

I found my copy at my local Out of the Closet thrift store, which keeps a surprisingly good collection of books. Tucked in between the fifty variants of the #1 Ladies Detective Agency and thirty year old Velveeta cheese food cookbooks. 

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