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

Author/creator Forshaw, Barry
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBasingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan,
Descriptionix, 207 p. ; 23 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects

SeriesCrime files series
Crime files series. ^A476047
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.
Abstract "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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 192-197) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2011049035
ISBN9780230361447 (pbk.)
ISBN0230361447 (pbk.)
ISBN9780230303690 (hardback)
ISBN0230303692 (hardback)

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