Reviews

Leif GW Persson's crime novel draws on his deep knowledge of the Swedish legal system and police procedure.

Professor of Slavonic Studies and translator Bengt Jangfeldt's vänbok (notes in remembrance) and portrait of the poet Joseph Brodsky.

Therese Bohman's chilling, atmospheric debut plumbs the darker depths of relationships.

Niklas Rådström does justice to Lorenzo da Ponte.

Camilla Ceder’s second novel returns to Christian Tell and his team of detectives.

The second volume of Torsten Pettersson's planned crime trilogy.

Mikael Niemi's take on the YA novel is full of humour, often black.

Peter Törnqvist's first novel is an intellectual and urban work speculating upon the world from oblique and baroque angles.

Sigrid Combüchen has finally won the prestigious August Prize for this cleverly composed work delving into the details of a ladies’ novel without plunging into the chicklit category.

Niklas Ekdal, like Stieg Larsson, has a background in journalism; and, like Larsson, he uses the thriller genre to criticise aspects of Sweden’s recent history.

A quote from Henrik Berggren explains the drive behind this biography: ‘Checking the newspaper cuttings about Palme, I realised I had found a source referring to much of the history of the twentieth century.’

Finland-Swedish writer Susanne Ringell’s collection of short stories provide tantalising glimpses into hidden lives, as when glinting fish dart by.

Sara Stridsberg's novel engages in an interesting way with its source material: Nabokov's Dolores Haze (Lolita).

Björn Larsson's satire on the Scandinavian crime fiction wave abounds with meta-fictional allusions.

A collection of essays on Strinberg edited by Lena Einhorn.

Agnes von Krusenstjerna's tetralogy charting the decline of an entire class is republished.

An historical novel about Johan Ludvig Runeberg, the Finnish national poet of the nineteenth century. With such a topic most readers would expect quite a serious approach. However, this novel was written by Erik Wahlstöm – and that makes all the difference.

Beate Grimsrud’s story about madness and creativity.