Scandinavian Crime Fiction Hardback
by Dr Jakob (University College London, UK) Stougaard-Nielsen
Part of the 21st Century Genre Fiction series
Hardback
Description
With its bleak urban environments, psychologically compelling heroes and socially engaged plots, Scandinavian crime writing has captured the imaginations of a global audience in the 21st century.
Exploring the genre's key themes, international impact and socio-political contexts, Scandinavian Crime Fiction guides readers through such key texts as Sjöwall and Wahlöö’s Novel of a Crime, Gunnar Staalesen’s Varg Veum series, Peter Høeg’s Miss Smilla’s Feeling for Snow, Henning Mankell's Wallander books, Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy and TV series such as The Killing.
With its focus on the function of crime fiction in both reflecting and shaping the late-modern Scandinavian welfare societies, this book is essential for readers, viewers and fans of contemporary crime writing.
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:256 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:12/01/2017
- Category:
- ISBN:9781472522757
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:256 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:12/01/2017
- Category:
- ISBN:9781472522757
