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How to Kill a Bull
Novel by Anna-Leena Härkönen
How to Kill a Bull (Finnish: Häräntappoase) is a 1984 Finnish young adult novel by Anna-Leena Härkönen. It is Härkönen's debut novel, which she wrote at the age of 17.[1][2] It is largely inspired by a 1951 youth novel The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger.[3][4]
The novel won the J. H. Erkko Award as the best debut literature work of 1984.[5][6] It went on to become one of the most popular books of the 1980s and one of the highest-selling debut novels in the history of Finnish literature.[1] However, the work also caused a controversy due to its bold, sexual content.[3]