Lars Lenth

Lars Lenth (b. 1966) is Norway’s undisputed number one when it comes to fly fishing for trout. His literary debut came with the novel The same river in 2007, a fly fishing novel following a young man’s experiences through a season of fishing. The Norwegian patient introduced the lawyer Leonard Vangen and the criminal Rino Gulliksen, two characters who readers have grown fond of. Leo and Rino reappear in Lenth’s next novels, The Vega Brothers, Men who hate wolves and now in Gimme Shelter. In all four novels there’s a deep felt tension between man and nature. Lenth names Elmore Leonard, James Lee Burke, Carl Hiassen, Nick Hornby, Knut Hamsun and the Coen-brothers as his main influences.

• 2008 The Flyfisherman’s handbook
• 2008 Fly Patterns
• 2007 Trouthead
• 2003 Fishing Bliss
• 2001 Flow
• 1998 Looking for Mr. Trout