’A well-written, painful and at the same time very funny novel. […] But Eikehaug isn’t only funny, he also writes credible characters who have their strengths and weaknesses, people who have an air of a life lived, not mere stereotypes. And at times he also challenges our notions of what gay people are like. The Treasure and the Thief is a good novel that should reach a wide audience: it’s funny, it’s important, and it’s a book that deserves to be read by many.




















