Stockholm Noir
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- $13.99
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
"[A] superb sampling of Swedish crime writing talent . . . will be appreciated by fans of Stieg Larsson's Millennium [series] and Jens Lapidus's Easy Money." —Library Journal
What could be more peaceful than a city made up of a series of islands surrounded by crystal-clear water? But like any big, international metropolis, Stockholm has a dark side—fed by the disparity between its affluent boroughs and its more gritty suburbs. But even in the heart of its medieval streets, existential dread makes its presence known and gives Stockholm its own brand of Scandinavian noir.
In Stockholm Noir, you'll find stories by Unni Drougge, Inger Edelfeldt, Carl-Michael Edenborg, Åke Edwardson, Torbjörn Elensky, Inger Frimansson, Carl Johan De Geer, Martin Holmén, Nathan Larson, Malte Persson, Anna-Karin Selberg, Johan Theorin, and Lina Wolff.
"Capture[s] the gloomy underside of Sweden's capital, portraying the hopelessness of those trapped in what Larson and Edenborg in their introduction call the city that 'devours your soul.'" —Publishers Weekly, starred review
"Another worthy entry in this globe-trotting mystery series." —Booklist
"Stockholm may not be Marseille, but Larson and Edenborg's contributors show that even a verdant place with socialized medicine can have its seamy side." —Kirkus Reviews
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Grouped under three headings, the 13 stories in this outstanding entry in Akashic's noir series capture the gloomy underside of Sweden's capital, portraying the hopelessness of those trapped in what Larson and Edenborg in their introduction call the city that "devours your soul." The first section, Crime and Punishment, focuses on what the editors call "places of immense spiritual corruption," as scathingly illustrated by ke Edwardsson's "Stairway from Heaven," which consists of the bitter musings of a housing-project hit man. The second section, Fear and Darkness, presents the horrors of aging in suburbia, most notably in Inger Frimansson's horrifying "Black Ice." The highlight of the final section, The Brutality of Beasts, is Carl Johan De Geer's "The Wahlberg Disease," set in the city's center, "a sea of ruins."All stories unsparingly testify to the degradation through human vicissitude of idealistic social planning.
