"An Icelandic-punk version of
Catcher in the Rye
." —
Dallas Morning News
"If there were more people like Jón Gnarr the world wouldn't be in such a mess."—
Oliver Sacks
The second book in a trilogy chronicling the troubled childhood of international sensation Jón Gnarr,
The Pirate
revisits his teenage years with sincere compassion and great humor: bullied relentlessly, Jón receives rebellious inner strength through the Sex Pistols and Prince Kropotkin—punk rock and anarchy offer the promise of a better and more exciting life.
Jón Gnarr
, the most famous comedic actor in Iceland, founded the Best Party, ran for mayor of Reykjavík as a joke and won, and served as mayor of Reykjavík 2010-2014, in the process becoming an international sensation and symbol of true alternatives to the political process worldwide.