Fredrik Brounéus is a Swedish writer living in Dunedin, New Zealand. In March 2012 his first English novel, The Prince of Soul and The Lighthouse, was published by Steam Press. Fredrik has university degrees in pharmacy and journalism and has previously published one children’s novel (Jakten på Energimojängen), one young adult novel (Yoga för rockstjärnor) and one non-fiction children’s book (Piller och Baciller). 
The Prince of Soul and the Lighthouse by Fredrik Brouneus
This is Turning Into the Magic Mushroom Version of the Da Vinci Code…
The Prince of Soul and the Lighthouse (2013) is a quirky, funny, thought-provoking story by New Zealand/Swedish author Fredrik Brouneus, told in very colloquial first-person narration by George Larson, an eighteen year old high school student whose life is about to get very strange. Content with his dreams of becoming a soul singer and hooking up with the beautiful exchange student Kaisa,
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Hahaha! You might like the one "Shocktober" scene near the end!
For some strange reason, I get the feeling I might like this one! 😁
Wow, 20 dollars? That seems a lot for a 100-or-so-page book, but most of my novellas have come via ARCs…
I might say "formulaic" actually.
Your review made me curious, so I looked this book up. Sure enough: Tor. Tor seems to specialize in these…