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Nordic noir : the pocket essential guide to Scandinavian crime fiction, film & TV / Barry Forshaw.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Forshaw, Barry.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Detective and mystery stories, Scandinavian--History and criticism.
- Detective and mystery stories, Scandinavian.
- Scandinavian fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (160 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Harpenden, Herts. : Pocket Essentials, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A guide to the popular genre of Nordic noir and Scandinavian crime fiction, film and TV. Examines everything from Sjowall and Wahloo's influential }Martin Beck{ series to Henning Mankell's }Wallander{ books, Stieg Larsson's }Millennium Trilogy{, and TV shows }The Killing, The Bridge{ and }Borgen{. A compact and authoritative guide to the phenomenally popular genre. The information-packed study examines and celebrates books, films and TV adaptations, from Sjowall and Wahloo's highly influential Martin Beck series through Henning Mankell's Wallander (subject of three separate TV series) to Stieg Larsson's groundbreaking The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, cult TV hits such as the Danish The Killing, The Bridge and the political thriller Borgen, up to the hugely successful books and films of the current king of the field, Norway's Jo Nesbo.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Blurb
- About the Author
- Title
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Beginnings: Sjöwall &
- Wahlöö's Martin Beck Series
- Chapter 2 Sweden's Trojan Horse: Kurt Wallander
- Chapter 3 Lisbeth Salander's Legacy
- Chapter 4 Larsson's Rivals
- Chapter 5 The New King: Jo Nesbo and Other Norwegians
- Chapter 6 Dark Nights in Iceland and Finland
- Chapter 7 Darkness in Denmark
- Chapter 8 The Nordic Screen: Film and TV Adaptations
- Epilogue Some Names to Watch For
- Appendices
- Index
- Copyright.
- Notes:
- Includes QR code.
- Includes index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781842439609
- 184243960X
- 9781842439883
- 184243988X
- OCLC:
- 833768840
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