Scandinavian Crime Fiction

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 Sjoewall and Wahloeoe’s Novel of a Crime, Gunnar Staalesen’s Varg Veum series, Peter
Hoeg’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.