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Record Nr.

UNINA9910953387303321

Autore

Forshaw Barry

Titolo

Death in a Cold Climate : A Guide to Scandinavian Crime Fiction / / by B. Forshaw

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2012

ISBN

9786613381675

9781283381673

1283381672

9780230363502

0230363504

Edizione

[1st ed. 2012.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (218 p.)

Collana

Crime Files, , 2947-8359

Classificazione

LIT004250LIT004230LIT000000

Disciplina

839/.5

Soggetti

European literature

Literature, Modern - 20th century

Literature

Fiction

European Literature

Twentieth-Century Literature

World Literature

Fiction Literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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 Nesb -- Iceland: Crime and Context -- Fringe Benefits: Icelandic Woes -- Finland: Crime and Context -- Death in Denmark -- Danish Uncertainties -- Film and TV Adaptations -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

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 .