Nadia Kandil is a creative consultant and stylist, and one of the hosts of the podcast Det skaver.

He Came Home and Said It’s Over is Nadia’s highly anticipated debut novel, published in 2025. It is a dark portrayal of being abandoned just when you thought you had it all, written with warm humour and sharp irony.

Agent: Martina Österling

Published September 2025, Norstedts
Genre Fiction
Pages 202
All rights available

He comes home one day and says he's not in love with her, he's sure, he wants to sell the apartment — it's over.

The perfect guy, the perfect relationship, the perfect apartment. Everything disappears at once, creating an unbearable vacuum. Nikki falls apart.

Her friends take turns staying with her. The blinds are drawn to block out the daylight, and Henrik Ekman's soothing voice can be heard on the TV around the clock.

There is a procedure for how and when to get over someone. Her friends know it, her therapist knows it, her Pilates instructor and her healer know it. Feel the feelings, stick to your routines, go for walks.

But Nikki has her own idea of how to survive being abandoned. It's the pills that will get her through the eleven weeks it takes until she no longer loves him.

He Came Home and Said It's Over is Nadia Kandil's debut novel.

Reviews

“Nadia Kandil's debut novel is raw, honest, and will break your heart... a must-read for those of us who tend to wear our hearts on our sleeves.”
– Café

“It’s an INCREDIBLE debut novel. I think we’ll come to regard it as the start of a great literary career.”
– Fredrik Backman