Death in a cold climate : a guide to Scandinavian crime fiction / Barry Forshaw.

By:

Forshaw, Barry

Series: Crime files seriesPublication details: Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.Description: ix, 207 p. ; 23 cmISBN:

9780230361447 (pbk.)
0230361447 (pbk.)
9780230303690 (hardback)
0230303692 (hardback)

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DDC classification:

839/.5 23

LOC classification:

PT7083.5.D48F67 2012

Other classification:

LIT004250 | LIT004230 | LIT000000

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Contents:

Machine generated contents note: -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Crime and the Left -- The Cracks Appear: Henning Mankell -- Sweden: The Dream Darkens -- Sweden: Foreign Policy and Unreliable Narratives -- Last Orders: The Larsson Phenomenon -- The Fight Back: Anti-Larsson Writers -- Criminals and Criminologists -- Norway: Crime and Context -- Norway and Nesbø -- Iceland: Crime and Context -- Fringe Benefits: Icelandic Woes -- Finland: Crime and Context -- Death in Denmark -- Danish Uncertainties -- Film and TV Adaptations -- Bibliography -- Index.

Summary: "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"--Provided by publisher.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
BOOK	Strathmore University (Main Library) Open Shelf	PT7083.5.D48F67 2012	Available	Donation		13448

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 192-197) and index.

"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"--Provided by publisher.