Scandinavian Crime Fiction (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781472522757)

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 Sj wall and Wahl 's Novel of a Crime, Gunnar Staalesen's Varg Veum series, Peter H eg'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.

Author: Jakob Stougaard-Nielsen
ISBN-10: 1472522753
ISBN-13: 9781472522757
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Language: English
Published: 01/12/2017
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.50w x 0.80d