The Moose Paradox and The Beaver Theory

Read and discuss literature with our Nordic Book Club Online! On November 5, we’ll be discussing the two final books of Finnish author Antti Tuomainen’s Rabbit Factor Trilogy, The Moose Paradox and The Beaver Theory.

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Antti Tuomainen’s The Rabbit Factor first introduced us to Henri Koskinen, an order-obsessed insurance mathematician whose inheritance of YouMeFun park led him inadvertently into a life of crime. In The Moose Paradox, Henri has finally settled things down at the adventure park, when a man from the past appears – and turns everything upside down again. More problems arise when the park’s equipment supplier is taken over by a shady trio, with confusing demands. Why won’t Toy of Finland Ltd sell the new Moose Chute to Henri?

In The Beaver Theory, Henri’s romance with painter Laura Helanto has now blossomed into blended family life. As he joins a group of local dads, a competing adventure park expands its operations—and isn’t sticking to the law. Is it possible to combine the dangerous world of adventure-park business with the unpredictability of life in a blended family? In order to solve this seemingly impossible conundrum, Henri must step far beyond the mathematical precision of his comfort zone, with hair-raising results.

Warmly funny, quirky, and alternately touching and nail-biting, The Rabbit Factor Trilogy has been hailed as “a triumph, a joyous, feel-good antidote to troubled times” (Kevin Wignall) and “Finland’s greatest export” (M.J. Arlidge).