
Thetimeis20yearsandafewmonthstothemillennium,andtheunrecognized,self-proclaimedgeniusOrmOdinshastodealwiththeage-oldexistentialistdilemmathatisteenagehood.Withhisfinalexamslooming,hishormonesinoverdriveandlovejustaroundthecornerwhatcanagreatpoetdotosurvive?<br/> OursettingisReykjavikintheeighties,acitythatisgoingthroughagrowthspurnotunlikeoureloquenthero.Themulletisjustabouttoputitsmarkonaunsuspectinggeneration,thereisnoTVonThursdays,onlyoneradiostation,beerisstillandoutlawedcommodityandsomewherewithinthecitylimitsthefirstfemalepresidentintheworldwillseehasadream.<br/> DuringthespanofafewmonthsOrmgrowsfromacarefreeteenageboytoaresponsibleadult.Hisanticscausehim,andhisclosestcircleoffriendsandfamily,oftenaheapoftroublewiththeschoolauthoritiesandhisfellowstudents.HeevengoesasfarastogetaglimpseintotheIcelandicpenalsystem.<br/> LikesomanyangryyoungmenOrmhasanopinionabouteverything,andnothingescapeshissarcasticoutlookonlife.Heneverforamomentthinksthatsomethingscouldbebetterleftunsaidanditdoesntmatterifthesubjectispoverty,snobbery,poeticsoralchemy.Eventhoughmanywoulddisagreewithhiminhismindhesalwaysright.Untilonedayhecanttalkhimselfanymoreoutoftrouble.

