Carmen in the Sauna: And Other Impossible Requests

Carmen would like to go in the sauna.

She has heard it described. A room made entirely of her lamp, with people voluntarily inside it. She has been refused, in writing, with a page reference. She has appealed. She has appealed again.

This collection is the wanting book. Every impossible request in one place. The sauna. The window ledge in February. The bird, just once, briefly. The sofa, which Nappi has already claimed in triplicate. To be taken to the lake. To be introduced to the neighbour's dog, purely so the dog can see her. Aino says yes to almost everything and is overruled. Veikko says no to everything and then quietly improves whatever was being asked about.

A hundred strips and six Sunday pages about a snake with excellent taste, a firm sense of her own importance, and a household that keeps saying no in the kindest possible way.

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