Barry Forshaw, the UK's principal crime fiction expert, presents a celebration and analysis of the Scandinavian crime genre, from Sjöwall and Wahlöö's Martin Beck series through Henning Mankell's Wallander to Stieg Larsson's demolition of the Swedish Social Democratic ideal in the publishing phenomenon The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo .
| ISBN: | 9780230303690 |
| Publication date: | 13th January 2012 |
| Author: | Barry Forshaw |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 207 pages |
| Series: | Crime Files |
| Genres: |
Literature: history and criticism Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 Fiction |