Barry Forshaw, the UK's principal crime fiction expert,presents a celebrationand analysis ofthe Scandinavian crime genre, from Sjöwall and Wahlöö's MartinBeck series through Henning Mankell's Wallander to Stieg Larsson's demolitionof the Swedish Social Democratic ideal in the publishing phenomenon 'The Girlwith the Dragon Tattoo'. BARRY FORSHAWis a writer and journalist specialising in crime fiction and cinema. His books include 'The Man Who Left Too Soon: The Life and Works of Stieg Larsson' (2010), 'British Crime Writing: An Encyclopedia' (2008), 'The Rough Guide to Crime Fiction' (2007), 'Italian Cinema: Arthouse to Exploitation' (2006) and the forthcoming 'British Crime Film' (2012), and he has contributedto the 'Directory of World Cinema'. He has also written for a variety of national newspapers as well as for 'Movie Mail', Waterstone's 'Books Quarterly' and 'Good Book Guide' and is editor of the online 'Crime Time' magazine. He is also a talking head for the ITV Crime Thriller author profiles and BBC TV documentaries, and has been Vice Chair of the Crime Writers' Association. INDICE: 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
- ISBN: 978-0-230-36144-7
- Editorial: Palgrave MacM
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 224
- Fecha Publicación: 13/01/2012
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés