The Waiter
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13. The day is thrown into chaos by Edgar’s request; what does the Waiter do that is particularly out of character?
14. Now that you have seen several interactions between Anna and the Waiter, how would you characterize their relationship?
15. What do you make of the Waiter’s final summation of the night’s movements before closing? Even from the confines of his hiding place, he follows along with the goings-on outside, but there is a difference between that first description of The Hills and this. What is it?
Enhance Your Book Club
1. While the Waiter offers a singular perspective of The Hills, there is much to be garnered from the supporting cast of characters. Describe how The Hills would appear differently through the eyes of the Bar Manager, the Chef, the Pig, the Child Lady, and Anna.
2. There are very few characters mentioned by name throughout the novel. Discuss why some are fully introduced while others are only referred to by the Waiter’s nickname for them. Elaborate on why the Waiter is among those whose name we never learn.
3. Imagine life after The Hills. Discuss what other atmospheres would suit the Waiter’s temperament.
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MATIAS FALDBAKKEN is a world-renowned contemporary artist and writer who shows with the Paula Cooper Gallery in New York, and has been hailed as one of the freshest new voices to emerge in Norwegian literature during the past decade. The Waiter is his first novel in nine years and the very first he has written under his own name.
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This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and events are products of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
Copyright © 2017 by Forlaget Oktober AS
English language translation copyright © 2018 by Matias Faldbakken
Originally published in Norway in 2017 by Oktober as The Hills
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