Reviews

The Börjlinds’ huge experience as scriptwriters – 25-odd Sjöwall & Wahlöö film and TV series, goodness knows how many Arne Dahl and Henning Mankell ones, and a large number of their own contributions – tells at every turn and twist.

A fusion of fictionalised reportage and interpretative biography.

An anti-hero for our time.

How challenging it is to be caught between two – or more – worlds.

Åsheden examines her material again and publishes her account of events, hoping to lift the curse still hanging over Holmér’s name.

Orrenius is a smart journalist with a keen eye for paradoxes in legal systems and widely held beliefs. He lets people talk freely while he interviews them and, rather than ending an article with his own conclusions, he lets the reader draw their own.

Reality is a manifold concept, but we take it for granted.

New poems, interlaced with older ones – old favourites.

The historical setting of the story is as important as the investigative aspect of it.

The author’s personal and frankly partisan account of a period as a Member of Parliament.

Essays on entomology.

Arra has never spoken a word, but has learnt to recognise and sing all the songs of the trees and the river.

This picture book for three to six year olds is a welcome addition to any child’s bookshelf but to their parents’ coffee table as well.

Who in their right mind would speak up for a paedophile island?

As we move smoothly and cinematically between locations, we sense that a secondary purpose of the author is to muddy the division between autobiography and fiction. Even our own lives are stories, after all, in which we figure as the heroes. Can anyone know this better than a filmmaker?

Thought-provoking non-fiction on how women are left out of the study of economics and human behaviour, and how this affects human understanding of the world economy.

An interesting blend of social realism and crime fiction.

These plays provide a genuinely compelling narrative experience in their own right.