A darker shade of Sweden
Subtitle: original stories by Sweden's greatest crime writers
By: edited and translated by John-Henri Holmberg
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 361
ISBN-13: 9780802122438; 9780802192448
Subjects: Swedish Short stories; Translations into English; Swedish Detective and mystery stories; Swedish Noir fiction
Description: "Containing seventeen stories, never before published in English, 'A Darker Shade of Sweden' illuminates this beguiling country and its inhabitants as never before. Included are stories from such Swedish literary luminaries as: Stieg Larsson, Henning Mankell, Asa Larsson, and Eva Gabrielsson."--Provided by publisher.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / -- John-Henri Holmberg; title: Reunion  -- Tove Alsterdal; title: He liked his hair  -- Rolf and Cilla Borjlind; title: Never in real life  -- Ake Edwardson; title: In our darkened house  -- Inger Frimansson; title: Paul's last summer  -- Eva Gabrielsson; title: The ring  -- Anna Jansson; title: The mail run  -- Asa Larsson; title: Brain power  -- Stieg Larsson; title: An unlikely meeting  -- Henning Mankell and Hakan Nesser; title: An alibi for Senor Banegas  -- Magnus Montelius; title: Something in his eyes  -- Dag Ohrlund; title: Day and night my keeper be  -- Malin Persson Giolito; title: The multi-millionaire  -- Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo; title: Diary Braun  -- Sara Stridsberg; title: Revenge of the virgin  -- Johan Theorin; title: Maitreya  -- Veronica von Schenck; title: Too late shall the sinner awaken -- Katarina Wennstam.