"Arvid, an ambitious and educated young man, meets Lydia, the daughter of a landscape painter, one summer and falls in love. Lydia, however, has other suitors, and Arvid is frightened of being tied by his emotions. Years later, now trapped inside loveless marriages of convenienc…
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"Arvid, an ambitious and educated young man, meets Lydia, the daughter of a landscape painter, one summer and falls in love. Lydia, however, has other suitors, and Arvid is frightened of being tied by his emotions. Years later, now trapped inside loveless marriages of convenienc…
Introduction: Marxist noir at the gates -- A world gone wrong: Raymond Chandler -- The accord: Per Wahløø and Sjøwall-Wahløø -- The fall from grace: Henning Mankell -- The collapsed dream: Stieg Larsson -- Excavating the Swedish underbelly: Roslund & Hellstrøm -- A brave new Swe…
"This study explores the development of a Swedish Marxist noir subgenre post-1990s through a Marxist reading of central works, from Marlowe novels of Raymond Chandler to the 1960s social crime fiction of Sjöwall-Wahlöö to modern bestselling authors such as Henning Mankell, Stieg…
"Pär Lagerkvist's richly philosophical novel The Dwarf is an exploration of individual and social identity. The novel, set in a time when Italian towns feuded over the outcome of the last feud, centers on a social outcast, the court dwarf PIccoline. From his special vantage poin…
After taking a bullet to the head, Lisbeth Salander is under close supervision in intensive care. If and when she recovers, she'll be taken back to Stockholm to stand trial for three murders and one attempted murder. With the help of her friend, journalist Mikael Blomkvist and h…
Murder at the Savoy
by Sjöwall, Maj, Wahlöö, Per, Knoespel, Ken, Knoespel, Amy
fromMartin Beck mystery series
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With a New Introduction by Arne Dahl When Viktor Palmgren, a powerful Swedish industrialist is shot during his after-dinner speech in the luxurious Hotel Savoy, it sends a shiver down the spine of the international money markets and puts the tiny town of Malmo on edge. However, …
"Author Camilla Lackberg returns to the small Swedish town of Fjallbacka and the characters that have made her psychological thrillers #1 bestsellers in Europe. Why did Erica Falck's mother save an old Nazi medal? The only person in the town who might provide the clues to its or…
