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Book Club: Moominsummer Madness by Tove Jansson

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Moominsummer Madness (Swedish title Farlig midsommar, or "Dangerous Midsummer") is the fifth in the series of Moomins books by Swedish-speaking Finnish writer Tove Jansson, published in Protected content .

The major theme of the novel is theatre, described as an infuriating but ultimately rewarding process.

The novel forms the basis of episodes 28–30 in the Protected content series. Part of the novel's plot has also served as inspiration for the Protected content game Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley.

Genre: Psychological Fiction
Publication: English edition Protected content
Pages: 176

About the author: Tove Marika Jansson (9 August Protected content 27 June Protected content a Finnish-Swedish author, novelist and comic strip author. She was also a painter and illustrator. Brought up by artistic parents, Jansson studied art from Protected content Protected content Helsinki, Stockholm, and Paris.