Pure comedy, this delightful novel follows an engaging reprobate who succeeds despite himself. Ove Rolandsen, a telegraph operator in an isolated fishing village in northern Norway, is a man of sudden passions and grand schemes, a cheerful rogue with a fondness for women and drink.
His constant plans and wild ideas are a source of despair to his fianc e, Marie, the housekeeper at the local vicarage. When one of his schemes, a plan to manufacture glue from fish waste, lands him in serious trouble, it seems his feckless career may finally be over.
But perhaps, for once, fortune will smile on him.