"Drawing on historical events, including King Olaf's reign in Norway and the burning of Chartres Cathedral, Laxness revises and renews the bloody sagas of Icelandic tradition, producing not just a spectacular historical novel but one of coal-dark humor and psychological depth." - Publishers Weekly First published in 1952, Halld?r Laxness's Wayward Heroes offers an unlikely representation of modern literature. A reworking...