“Carl Frode Tiller writes masterfully about a man who, midway through life, begins to despise what he has achieved. He is angry at the present time, misunderstands his family, and is tormented by inner demons. This is great literature about the eternal flow of life’s challenges. … In recent years, Norwegian authors have managed to combine literary weight with bestseller potential. They write about difficult life conflicts in an easy and understandable way. Think of Vigdis Hjorth, Linn Ullmann, Karl Ove Knausgård, Per Petterson, and Nobel Prize winner Jon Fosse. Carl Frode Tiller is also part of this wave of success.”
5/6 stars, Søren Boy Skjold, Jyllands-Posten, Denmark

“It is quite an event every time the Norwegian author Carl Frode Tiller (born 1970) releases a new novel, for his literary intelligence is unparalleled… through this portrait of a detached man amidst a shift in norms, the virtuoso Carl Frode Tiller has laid the foundation for yet another contemporary diagnostic work of literature of quality and character.”
Klaus Rothstein, Weekendavisen, Denmark

“A story about the private becoming political, and the political becoming private …  And it is ambitious, but Carl Frode Tiller has a firm grasp on his material. He dares along the way to quote two of the greatest, his compatriot Dag Solstad and the German Thomas Mann. He is not short on self-confidence. But he has much to support it. A Worker’s Heart is a novel about all that is extraordinary, all that is dangerous, all that is crazy in the welfare Nordic normality of the past and present. Extraordinarily good.”
5/6 stars, Søren Kassebeer, Berlingske, Denmark

“Razor-sharp from Carl Frode Tiller. (…) Self-assertion, embarrassment, and longing for recognition: Hardly anyone depicts the complicated family life better than him.”
5/6 stars, Sindre Hovdenakk, VG

“A sparkling mix of discontent and humor. (…) Conflicts and alienation are unearthed, it is both destructive and constructive, and it is in these frictions that Tiller creates his literary works of art. (…) Tiller has written a raw and entertaining novel that contains deep insights about the loss of meaning in life, and with a longing for unity that has disappeared. Uplifting nonetheless, because it is spiced with a finely ground portion of humor.”
5/6 stars, Stein Roll, Adresseavisen

“Tiller in top form. Anyone who isn’t moved by the characters in Carl Frode Tiller’s new novel must also have a heart. Of stone. (…) Carl Frode Tiller has long been Norway’s master of shame. But he also certainly makes it to the podium in the art of portraying today’s and yesterday’s Norway.”
5/6 stars, Knut Hoem, NRK

“Carl Frode Tiller’s Worker’s Heart shows how it is possible to write about class journeys in a complex and good way. Carl Frode Tiller’s new book shows both continuity and a willingness to break new ground, so to speak, from within his own oeuvre. (…) Few authors are as good as Tiller at describing the social space between people, the place where destructiveness, care, and creativity unfold.”
Tom Egil Hverven, Klassekampen

“Tiller writes sharply and humorously in his new novel about the development of welfare Norway and everything that has been lost along the way. (…) The sarcasms – whether spoken or just thought – overflow with precise wit. Unfortunate for those it affects, obviously liberating for Trond, and not least: pure enjoyment for the reader! (…) It drills so deeply in such an entertaining way that it will likely be very visible in bookstores throughout the autumn.”
5/6 stars, Leif Gjerstad, Bok365

“… Carl Frode Tiller’s writing is like butter … Reading Tiller’s prose is like stepping into a soothing bath of transparent language and precise observations. If he were a singer, his voice would be deep, resonant, and velvety smooth. Tiller is and remains a master of form.”
Åste Dokka, Vårt Land