Exposed at the Back

A crime novel set in the world of pro soccer by a former Norwegian international and Aberdeen FC player

Norway's most powerful soccer agent, the charismatic and ruthless Arild Golden, is found brutally murdered. Rumors circulate about infidelity and secret deals, about billions that cannot be traced and stories about talented African players who are dumped without papers when they fail to make the grade in the professional game. The lawyer Steinar Brunsvik, a former player for Ajax and the Norwegian national team, as asked to represent murder suspect Taribo Shorunmo. Shorunmo is a former pro soccer player living in Norway without a visa. Brunsvik discovers that his own soccer career has a connection to Golden's murder and realizes he caught in the middle of a dirty game that could prove fatal.

Arild Stavrum is a former professional soccer player who made his literary debut with the novel No More Free Kicks, which was selected as one of the sports books of the year by the Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter.