English language
Published Nov. 20, 2012 by Palgrave Macmillan.
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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"--
"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"--
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