Reviews

Jesper Bengtsson paints a rich and well-balanced picture of Myanmar.

The last part of Kjell Johansson’s trilogy about Sweden’s lumpenproletariat during the construction of the welfare state.

The facts in Bengt Jangfeldt’s biography of Vladimir Majakovsky are remarkable: until this book came along we never actually had them.

Anne Swärd’s second novel is a disturbing account of a family blown apart, trying after 20 years to find each other (or perhaps avoid doing so).

Ninni Holmqvist’s novel is set in the future, in Sweden, in a society where politics are driven by the forces of economic rationalism, and ethical considerations no longer play a role in its institutions.

Roland Poirier Martinsson gives us a biography of the elusive Archimedes.

Most of the great women depicted in Nina Burton's book were pioneers in ways that might have led to certain death.

Åsa Larsson’s third crime novel dealing with Rebecka Martinsson.

Kjell Westö’s epic novel spans the early twentieth century and a volatile period of Finland's history.

Theodor Kallifatides has produced a novel that is more than an update of the Hercules story.

Mikael Niemi takes a genre and plays with it.

The Linnean system effectively excluded girls from formally studying botany. Ann Granhammer’s novel about the daughter of the great natural scientist can be read as a metaphor for the fate of a whole generation of young women.

The stage is set for the sixth Annika Bengtzon novel by Liza Marklund, in which our heroine finds herself in the murky world of cutting-edge medical research, where the financial and academic stakes are huge, and mutual suspicion and back-stabbing are the norm.

The novel created a furore on publication in Sweden, where Bergman vented his displeasure on national television.

Thomas Kanger's novel tells the story of the sudden and unexpected occupation of Korsør in Denmark.

Agneta Pleijel's historical novel, set in the eighteenth century, is a study in childbirth.

Staffan Bruun wanted to write about “the worst thing that could happen to a mother-in-law’s dream”, and in this novel he has succeeded admirably.

The Lindström brothers' well argued and researched book will appeal to students and others who enjoy reading Scandinavian history beyond the traditional fare of marauding Vikings.