(Om att samla frimärken)

On Collecting Stamps is a story about friendship, stamps, and homosexuality.

Samuel Gunnarsson is a middle-aged gay man. Mattias, a boy almost twelve years old, has just fallen off his new bike. Their first meeting is the beginning of a warm friendship. “Mattias. It means ‘gift from God’. Did you know that” was the first words Samuel said to Mattias. Almost thirty years after their first meeting, Mattias returns to attend Samuel’s funeral. He thinks about everything that Samuel told him over the years. About his loneliness and his one and only love, the beautiful sailor, William.

In their old hiding place in the tower of an old church, Mattias finds a letter adressed to him, written by Samuel, to be read after his death. Here Samuel reveals the dreadful secret that has tormented him since he was a little boy.

158 pages.

Published by Kabusa Böcker 2003.

Rights sold to: France (Gaia), Italy (Ed del Cardo).

"I am deeply impressed by Håkan Lindquist’s way of creating characters. The secret behind irresistible books lie in each and every formulation and Håkan Lindquist expresses himself extremely well; the book is sensitive and filled with atmosphere, and you find it hard to put away." Svenska Dagbladet