Reviews

This is a nicely illustrated book with funny, colloquial prose, mostly in the form of dialogue. In a charming way it demonstrates that we are all more or less strange.

Although Mankell is best known for his crime novels starring Inspector Kurt Wallander, he also writes many other kinds of books, including novels about Africa. This one explores the nature and legacy of European colonialism.

Much has been written and said about Strindberg and his attitude to women, but not many books have been written from the point of view of his women.

The colon in the title ushers the reader into this world, the world of the beautiful but socially inept, and a world made up of triangles.

In our current civilisation almost defined by personal mobility, how should one define a writer in exile?

An exciting story, skilfully told, in the 'adventure tale' category.

Four individual narratives wind through the cold, technologically-mediated world of today’s youth.

A captivating, complex novel: Palm paints beautiful images of wintry Stockholm and arouses a palpable impression of the 1980s.

The suspense grows and there is nothing for it but to read on.

Continues Frostenson’s weaving together of ideas, use of contradictory images, transformations and unpredictable leaps that have made her one of Sweden’s most revered poets.

A witty, metafictional confection combining a thriller plot with many other strands.

The blurb speaks of ‘a hilarious play on the idea of autofiction’ – and so it is. The story about the famous writer Lillemor Troj is closely based on Kerstin Lillemor Ekman’s own literary career.

Palm concentrates on an area he knows very well: the work of a pathologist specialising in crime victims.

A definitive collection of Harriet Löwenhjelm’s idiosyncratic, fascinating poetry, illustrated with her own paintings and drawings.

The final book in Jens Lapidus’s gangster crime trilogy.

Göran Persson could see no reason for Sweden to be ashamed of anything it did during the war. Klas Åmark’s book is in every way a contribution to greater knowledge and vigorous debate. Those who want a powerful argument in favour of reading this work should consider this brief, simple motive: to find out how right Persson was and, later, how wrong.

Claes de Faire is a journalist turned novelist.

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