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Serpent's Tail has signed debut novel The Winter War by writer Philip Teir.
The book has already been published in Finland and Sweden, with Hannah Westland buying world English rights from Agnes Cavallin at the Partners in Stories Agency in Sweden. The novel will be translated by Tiina Nunally.
The Winter War focuses on Max Paul, a celebrated Finnish sociologist known as the Sex Professor, and his wife Katriina who is struggling to keep up the pretence of their marriage.
When their adult daughters return home for Max's 60th birthday celebrations, their simmering resentments threaten to explode.
Westland said: "It’s hard to believe that this brilliant novel about a Helsinki family coming apart at the seams is a debut. Philip Teir writes brilliantly and hilariously about youth, middle age, marriage, work, and falling in and out of love."
The book will be published in spring 2015.