Death in a cold climate

a guide to Scandinavian crime fiction

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English language

Published March 19, 2012 by Palgrave Macmillan.

ISBN:
978-0-230-36144-7
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OCLC Number:
769289548

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"Barry Forshaw, the UK's principal crime fiction expert, presents a celebration and analysis of the Scandinavian crime genre; from Sjöwall and Wahlöö's Martin Beck series, through Henning Mankell's Wallander, to Stieg Larsson's demolition of the Swedish Social Democratic ideal in the publishing phenomenon The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"--

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A nice overview of the genre, and if you're keen on Nordic crime fiction and want for more you'll probably discover quite a few names you'll no doubt be interested in looking up, but there's nothing fundamentally new about the subject here, and you're unlikely to come out of it with any insight you didn't already have going in. But maybe this is just me.

Subjects

  • Scandinavian Detective and mystery stories
  • LITERARY CRITICISM / Mystery & Detective
  • Scandinavian fiction
  • LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Scandinavian
  • LITERARY CRITICISM / General
  • History and criticism
  • Crime in literature