Death in a cold climate : a guide to Scandinavian crime fiction
Forshaw, Barry2012
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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"--Provided by publisher.
Main title:
Death in a cold climate : a guide to Scandinavian crime fiction / Barry Forshaw.
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Imprint:
Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Collation:
ix, 207 p. ; 23 cm.
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Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 192-197) and index.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note:AcknowledgmentsIntroductionCrime and the LeftThe Cracks Appear: Henning MankellSweden: The Dream DarkensSweden: Foreign Policy and Unreliable NarrativesLast Orders: The Larsson PhenomenonThe Fight Back: Anti-Larsson WritersCriminals and CriminologistsNorway: Crime and ContextNorway and NesbøIceland: Crime and ContextFringe Benefits: Icelandic WoesFinland: Crime and ContextDeath in DenmarkDanish UncertaintiesFilm and TV AdaptationsBibliographyIndex.
ISBN:
9780230303690 (hardback)0230303692 (hardback)9780230361447 (pbk)0230361447 (pbk)
Dewey class:
839.5839.530872
LC class:
PT7083.5.D48
Local class:
839.5839.53
Language:
English
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BRN:
1319395