A Charming Mass Suicide (novel)

{{short description|Novel by Arto Paasilinna}}

{{Infobox book

| name = A Charming Mass Suicide

| title_orig = {{langx|fi|Hurmaava joukkoitsemurha}}

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| image = A Charming Mass Suicide (novel).jpg

| caption = A Finnish book cover

| author = Arto Paasilinna

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| country = Finland

| language = Finnish

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| genre = comedy

| publisher = WSOY

| release_date = 1990

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| media_type = Print (Hardback)

| pages = 280

| isbn = 951-0-16513-1

| oclc = 1380932976

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A Charming Mass Suicide ({{langx|fi|Hurmaava joukkoitsemurha}}) is a 1990 Finnish satirical black comedy novel by Arto Paasilinna.{{cite web|url=https://www.kirjasampo.fi/fi/kulsa/kauno%253Aateos_41801|title=Hurmaava joukkoitsemurha|publisher=Kirjasampo|access-date=2 June 2023|language=fi}} It's a story about two suicidal men who, when they meet each other in their own intentions, decide together to form a "suicide association", which seeks as many suicide candidates as possible from all over Finland to carry out an apparent mass suicide with them. Once the group is finally together, they take a bus to tour around Europe with the intention of driving towards their final destination, where the mass suicide would eventually be carried out.

The book was adapted into a film by the same name in 2000, directed by Ere Kokkonen and starring Tom Pöysti and Heikki Kinnunen.{{cite web|url=https://www.finna.fi/Record/kavi.elonet_elokuva_924894|title=Hurmaava joukkoitsemurha|website=Finna.fi|access-date=2 June 2023|language=fi}} Also, a South Korean musical based on the novel was made in 2009.{{cite web|url=https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2009/04/07/etc/2009-325-Event-Calendar-/2903256.html|title=2009. 3.25 Event Calendar|work=Korea JoonAng Daily|date=7 April 2009|access-date=2 June 2023}}