''Plåster'' (lit. Plaster) is the sixth novel by Swedish author

Klas Östergren Klas Östergren (born 20 February 1955) is a Swedish novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, and translator. Östergren had a breakthrough with his fourth novel ''Gentlemen'' in 1980. He has been awarded numerous Swedish literary prizes, ...

. It was published in 1986. The novel is about Roland, the night porter, who ends up in hospital after suffering from heart problems. There he meets Yngve, a cigarette dealer who is also a patient. They start talking about the big questions; life, death, friendship and love. When Roland finally manages to take things seriously in his life, he realises that everything may already be too late.

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1986 Swedish novels Novels by Klas Östergren Swedish-language novels Albert Bonniers Förlag books {{1980s-novel-stub