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BL
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653982
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dltt
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| Main Entry
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Forshaw, Barry
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| Title & Author
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Death in a cold climate : : a guide to Scandinavian crime fiction /\ Barry Forshaw
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| Publication Statement
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Basingstoke, Hampshire ;New York :: Palgrave Macmillan,, 2012
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| Series Statement
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Crime files series
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| Page. NO
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ix, 207 p. ;; 23 cm
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| ISBN
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9780230361447 (pbk.)
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: 0230361447 (pbk.)
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: 9780230303690 (hardback)
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: 0230303692 (hardback)
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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Machine generated contents note: -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Crime and the Left -- The Cracks Appear: Henning Mankell -- Sweden: The Dream Darkens -- Sweden: Foreign Policy and Unreliable Narratives -- Last Orders: The Larsson Phenomenon -- The Fight Back: Anti-Larsson Writers -- Criminals and Criminologists -- Norway: Crime and Context -- Norway and Nesbø -- Iceland: Crime and Context -- Fringe Benefits: Icelandic Woes -- Finland: Crime and Context -- Death in Denmark -- Danish Uncertainties -- Film and TV Adaptations -- Bibliography -- Index
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| Abstract
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"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"--Provided by publisher
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Detective and mystery stories, Scandinavian-- History and criticism
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Scandinavian fiction-- 20th century-- History and criticism
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Scandinavian fiction-- 21st century-- History and criticism
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Crime in literature
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| Dewey Classification
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839/.5
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| LC Classification
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PT7083.5.D48F67 2012
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