Near the end of Per Petterson’s new novel, “I Refuse,” the protagonist, Tommy Berggren, goes into a bookstore in Oslo to pass the time before a date. Tommy is a successful, middle-aged financier who drives a new Mercedes and dresses “like Jon Voight in Enemy of the State.” He finds nothing of interest in the shop, but when he comes across “stacks of fat crime books next to each other, most of them Norwegian,” Tommy is reminded of his youthful passion for the works of Raymond Chandler: Read full article >>