Meet Matti. If you don't him already. This is a second book of his life (and mentioning this makes him a little embarrassed). Matti does things the way a regular Finn would do: in silence and trying his best not to stand out or bother anyone.
When they have to promote themselves. When an acquaintance says hello by kissing them on a cheek. When they owe a favour. When they wait for a bus in pouring rain, but there´s already someone under the pentice. When they run out of coffee. That´s when it happens. A finnish awkward moment. The character of Karoliina Korhonen´s comic strips is finnish Matti, who loves silence and personal space. If someone gets angry or is behaving badly, he wonders what he has done wrong. Finnish Nightmares is a book about what it is like to be a finn in social occasions. For a foreigner the book opens implied codes that can be difficult to understand but are shared with all finns.