The story is based on Einar Már Guðmundsson's novel of the same name, a semi-fictional story about Einar's brother Pálmi Örn Guðmundsson (named Páll in the book and movie).
In the wake of the 2008–11 Icelandic financial crisis, Einar published a collection of essays reflecting on the crisis, Bankastræti núll (Reykjavík: Mál og Menning, 2011).
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