Troll: A Love Story

After a night of drinking and romantic failure, young photographer Angel returns home to find a group of teenagers taunting a wounded troll. Moved by its helplessness, he takes the furry little beast into his home, blissfully unaware he has just welcomed chaos into his life.With its eyes full of nocturnal wildfire and powerful aphrodisiac scent, the troll soon casts its odd spell on Angel, who finds himself crossing boundaries he never imagined he would. Intoxicatingly imaginative and strange, Troll: A Love Story is an unforgettable story of the dark, hairy underbelly of human desire.



Johanna Sinisalo is an award-winning Finnish author. She was born in Sodankylä in 1958. She worked as a professional designer in advertising before embarking on a career as a screenwriter and writer. Troll: A Love Story was Sinisalo's first novel, and on publication it received wide acclaim and won the Finlandia Prize.