The Father
Made In Sweden Part I
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4.3 • 6 Ratings
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
'The emotional centre of the story is truly compelling... the sweep and scope are epic'
The Herald
The Father is an unforgettable, thrilling crime novel of how three brothers came to be Sweden's most wanted criminals, inspired by the unbelievable true story and written by the fourth brother.
How does a child become a criminal? How does a father lose a son?
An epic crime novel reminiscent of The Godfather, Heat and Shantaram, The Father is inspired by the extraordinary true story of three brothers who held Sweden to ransom, committing ten audacious bank robberies over just two years.
None had committed a crime before. All were under 22 years old. All of them would be changed forever.
In this intoxicating, heartbreaking thriller, the fourth brother, who was not involved in the real robberies, tells of three boys who grew from innocent children to become public enemy number one - and of the man who made them that way.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Svensson, the pseudonym of screenwriter Stefan Thunberg and investigative journalist Anders Roslund, heartbreakingly blurs the line between criminal and victim in this stunning first of a two-novel series based on a sensational string of bank robberies in 1990s Sweden. The present-day action, which chronicles the meticulous planning and execution of the escalating heists carried out by three brothers and a friend (all under the age of 24 and based on Thunberg's own family members), alternates with flashbacks, which focus on their dysfunctional family: the rage-filled father, Ivan, an emigr from the former Yugoslavia; the sensible mother, Britt-Marie; and their three sons, Leo, Vincent, and Felix. Ivan brings the savagery he learned during the Balkan civil wars into his sons' childhood, shaping the men they would become, especially Leo, the oldest, who's to be the architect of the amazingly successful robberies. Svensson highlights one of Scandinavia's darkest secrets the brutal, all-too-frequent domestic violence that inspired the Swedish title, Men Who Hate Women, for Stieg Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Readers will be eager to see how it all plays out in the sequel.
