Why a Booktrail?
The Pocket Essential Guide to Scandinavian Crime Fiction
Nordic Noir
What you need to know before your trail
Barry Forshaw takes you to the dark and cold side of crime fiction here with a little potted history and tour around the Scandic countries with Sweden a major player.
From Sjöwall & Wahlöö’s highly influential Martin Beck series through Henning Mankell’s Wallander to Stieg Larsson’s groundbreaking The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Sweden crime fiction and television has really influenced a lot of what we see now
As for Denmark, cult TV hits such as The Killing, The Bridge and the political thriller Borgen
Norway’s King of Crime? Jo Nesbo is of course in this book too. He shows you Oslo like no one else
Locations
ResetTravel Guide
Chapters 1 – 4 Sweden from 1949 through Mankell, Larrson, Nesser etc
Chapter 5 – Norway and Jo Nesbo
Chapter 6 – Iceland and Finland
Chapter 7 – Denmark – Jussi Adler-Olsen
Chapter 8 – TV crime drama.
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