The Swedes - CrimeSpace2024-03-29T15:11:31Zhttps://crimespace.ning.com/forum/topics/the-swedes?commentId=537324%3AComment%3A206315&feed=yes&xn_auth=noI actually just had a feature…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-08-06:537324:Comment:2093622009-08-06T03:55:53.155ZCraig Sistersonhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/CraigSisterson
I actually just had a feature article on Swedish crime writing come out in the latest (August) issue of Good Reading magazine (Aust-based mag). It was a lot of fun doing all the research and reading all of the books, going back to Wahloo and Sjowall etc. I even found out these young adult comic crime novels I read a kid growing up in NZ were actually translated from the original Swedish - Nils Olof Franzen (the Agatan Sax series). Anyway, for anyone interested - See images below:…
I actually just had a feature article on Swedish crime writing come out in the latest (August) issue of Good Reading magazine (Aust-based mag). It was a lot of fun doing all the research and reading all of the books, going back to Wahloo and Sjowall etc. I even found out these young adult comic crime novels I read a kid growing up in NZ were actually translated from the original Swedish - Nils Olof Franzen (the Agatan Sax series). Anyway, for anyone interested - See images below:<br />
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<p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/33607371?profile=original" alt="" width="2405" height="1715"/></p> Wallander/Mankell can be pret…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-08-06:537324:Comment:2093592009-08-06T03:54:51.230ZCraig Sistersonhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/CraigSisterson
Wallander/Mankell can be pretty dour Angela, which is a little of a continuing trait in many Scandanavian (esp Swedish) crime novels - the protagonists often aren't particularly heroic, and in many things can just amble along sometimes.<br />
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I think what others admire in the books is the atmosphere that is created - quite brooding/disturbing etc - rather than the quicker-paced novels from elsewhere. Also, the writing itself is consistently of a high standard (even if some of the stories aren't as…
Wallander/Mankell can be pretty dour Angela, which is a little of a continuing trait in many Scandanavian (esp Swedish) crime novels - the protagonists often aren't particularly heroic, and in many things can just amble along sometimes.<br />
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I think what others admire in the books is the atmosphere that is created - quite brooding/disturbing etc - rather than the quicker-paced novels from elsewhere. Also, the writing itself is consistently of a high standard (even if some of the stories aren't as action-packed). I like Mankell, except when h…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-07-04:537324:Comment:2063152009-07-04T20:46:11.954ZI. J. Parkerhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Ingpark
I like Mankell, except when he digresses to African issues. Larsson struck me as somewhat slow and wordy, particularly on the financial journalism topics.
I like Mankell, except when he digresses to African issues. Larsson struck me as somewhat slow and wordy, particularly on the financial journalism topics. I've read all but a couple of…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-06-06:537324:Comment:2017962009-06-06T01:30:29.703ZGraham Powellhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/grahampowell
I've read all but a couple of the books, and they're all at least very good, and some are excellent. The one's I haven't got are in print in England but shipping is hefty.
I've read all but a couple of the books, and they're all at least very good, and some are excellent. The one's I haven't got are in print in England but shipping is hefty. I've been meaning to read som…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-06-02:537324:Comment:2013252009-06-02T22:19:12.923ZD.R. MacMasterhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/DuncanRMacMaster
I've been meaning to read some Sjowall-Wahloo books since I saw <i>The Laughing Policeman</i> with Walter Matthau and Bruce Dern, probably the most underrated police procedural movie of the 1970s.<br />
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Maybe when I have some room on my "to read" shelf I'll pop down to Amazon and see what's there.
I've been meaning to read some Sjowall-Wahloo books since I saw <i>The Laughing Policeman</i> with Walter Matthau and Bruce Dern, probably the most underrated police procedural movie of the 1970s.<br />
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Maybe when I have some room on my "to read" shelf I'll pop down to Amazon and see what's there. Thanks for the info. Scandina…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-06-02:537324:Comment:2012962009-06-02T19:03:46.136ZPatrick Balesterhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/PatrickBalester
Thanks for the info. Scandinavian crime fiction is pretty hot right now...and I don't think global warming has anything to do with it.
Thanks for the info. Scandinavian crime fiction is pretty hot right now...and I don't think global warming has anything to do with it.