Doppler lost his father, leaves his family and decides to move into the woods . When he kills a she-elk for meat he's adopted by her calf with whom he gradually becomes friends. He names the little elk Bongo. Doppler is a charming, absurd and subversive novel with serious undertones and criticism of our modern consumer society. Doppler has just lost his father. Despite the fact that he has a pregnant wife and two children, he decides to move into the woods . Here he starts a lonely and purposefully boring existence. He has never been so happy. When Doppler kills a she-elk for meat he can't feel guilty about it, but he does feel a bit guilty about the calf she left behind. When the baby elk adopts him, Doppler is tempted to knock it down as well. But the little elk is wily and escapes death, and gradually they become friends. He names the little elk Bongo. Doppler is a charming, absurd and subversive novel with serious undertones and criticism of our modern consumer society.

Author Biography

Erlend Loe is a Norwegian novelist. His eight books have been translated into over twenty languages. Don Bartlett and Don Shaw have collaborated on two previous novels.