Well I never! Scandinavian crime writing has been so internationally successful that it now has its own genre: nordic noir. The Beeb have even done a documentary on it.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/tv/2010/12/nordic-noir-scandinavian-crime-fiction.shtml
Nowadays a TV programme is not just something on the box, it's a blog too!
And here's an interesting piece from the Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/15660846
I've just bought Johan Theorin's first novel, Nattfåk(Echoes from the dead). Who could resist a murder mystery set on Öland? I suspect the murder victims are battered to death with saucepan full of body cakes!On the Alvar (roughly translated: place of seriousness).
I've just bought Johan Theorin's first novel. Who could resist a murder mystery set on Öland?
The UCL Scandinavian Studies department have their sticky fingers in this one! http://www.ucl.ac.uk/scandinavian-studies/ Check out their news feed. Not only a documentary contribution but a club!
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