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A Norwegian cop travels to upstate New York in search of her missing brother, who turns out to be under suspicion for the murder of his girlfriend. Sigrid’s previously held belief that America is a totally ‘weird’ place is confirmed at every turn. She just doesn’t understand the locals, particularly the sheriff, Irving Wylie. Like Norwegian by Night, Derek Miller’s first novel, American by Day is a mix of light and dark. The background, a town and country full of racial tension after a police shooting of an African American child and the subsequent death of his aunt, is tragic. The characters however, and the style of writing, are frequently hilarious, in a deadpan, Cohen brothers, kind of way. American beliefs, sensibilities and culture are put under the microscope and compared to the European way of doing things as the two police officers bicker their way through the search for Sigrid’s brother.
