Lowest Common Denominator - Pirkko Saisio, Mia Spangenberg (Translator)

Category: Historical Fiction, LGBT
Language: English
Keywords: Finnish Literature Queer The Helsinki Trilogy

Written by Pirkko Saisio, Mia Spangenberg (Translator)
Read by Ida May
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 128 Kbps
Unabridged

Series: The Helsinki Trilogy, Book 1

Brought to you by Penguin.

In this charming patchwork of fever dreams and memories, Pirkko Saisio transports us to the 1950s Finland of her youth, where she navigates life as an only child of communist parents. Convinced she will grow up to become a man, a young Pirkko keeps trying and failing to meet the expectations of the adults around her. But as she discovers that she can be the narrator of her own story, it is in language that she finds a refuge and a way to be seen at last.

In a world where mascara-streaked mermaids dodge tennis balls, a beloved green cap is stolen by the Big Bad Wolf, and the first tugs of infatuation are inspired by a swimsuit-clad circus announcer, Saisio captures the heart-wrenching intensity of childhood as it floods back in the wake of her father’s death.

Deeply moving and disarmingly funny, Lowest Common Denominator is the first volume in a trilogy that has been celebrated in Finland as the best work of the century.

‘Playful and profound… a captivating glimpse into twentieth-century Finland through the eyes of a charismatic child narrator. I loved it’ Fiona Mozley

Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins
Release date: 08-07-25

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