The Indian

The Indian is a highly entertaining piece of bittersweet autobiographical fiction by world-famous Icelandic comedian and Mayor of Reykjavik, Jón Gnarr, who describes his riotous childhood–which wasn’t always a bed of roses. It isn´t always easy to understand a kid’s actions, especially when he hasn’t the faintest understanding of them himself. And the things kids love doing the most are always the forbidden ones…

The Indian draws its title from Gnarr’s misfit childhood, subjected to constant bullying, and so the young Gnarr watching movies & reading books always roots for the Indians to defeat the bully cowboys. Diagnosed as “retarded” because of his severe dyslexia and ADHD, Gnarr spent several years as a child in a “home for retarded children.” He finally got out, only to find himself subject to ridicule in regular schools for being slow…and red-headed.