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020 _a9781472522757 (hardback)
020 _a9781472527745 (paperback)
020 _z9781472522139 (ePDF)
020 _z9781472529084 (ePub)
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100 1 _aStougaard-Nielsen, Jakob.
245 1 0 _aScandinavian crime fiction /
_cJakob Stougaard-Nielsen.
263 _a1701
300 _apages cm.
490 0 _a21st century genre fiction
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction -- Scandinavian Crime Fiction and the Welfare State -- Welfare Crime: Sjöwall and Wahlöö's Novel of a Crime -- The Hardboiled Social Worker: Gunnar Staalesen's Varg Veum -- Crime Fiction in an Age of Crisis: Henning Mankell's Faceless Killers and Stieg Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo -- Landscape and Memory in the Criminal Periphery -- Criminal Peripheries: Peter Høeg's Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow and Kerstin Ekman's Blackwater -- Investigating the Family in the Welfare State -- Conclusion.
520 _a"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 Steig Larsson's Millennium trilogy, Henning Mankell's Wallander books and TV series such as The Killing. Including guides to further reading and online resources to help readers explore the genre for themselves, this book is essential for readers, viewers and fans of contemporary crime writing. "--
650 0 _aDetective and mystery stories, Scandinavian
_xHistory and criticism.
650 0 _aScandinavian fiction
_y21st century
_xHistory and criticism.
650 0 _aCrime in literature.
650 7 _aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture.
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650 7 _aLITERARY CRITICISM / European / General.
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650 7 _aLITERARY CRITICISM / Mystery & Detective.
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