Reviews

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

Mikael Niemi takes a genre and plays with it.

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

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

Lars Bergquist's detailed and authoritative book is essential reading for anyone interested in Swedenborg.

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.

This historical novel from Carina Burman concerns the doings of a group of Swedes in Rome.

Fabian Kastner's experimental novel is rooted in the tradition of Perec, Borges, Gombrovicz and Thomas Pynchon.

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.

In Lotta Lundberg's impressive and disturbing novel, a quartet of dwarves and midgets attempts to exchange the freak-show circuit for a place to live and work with dignity.

Fredrik Lång has an impressive academic record in the natural sciences, mathematics, philosophy and history. My Life as Pythagoras, unlike his earlier novels, almost sinks with the sheer weight of the interesting things he has got to say. 

Henrik Nilsson is a poet, literary critic and radio journalist from Malmö, and Nätterna,Verónica is his prose debut. What he has given us is a collection of short stories set in Lisbon, a city he clearly knows and loves. 

Sara Stridsberg has written a freely structured fantasy novel based on the real-life character of Valerie Solanas (1936-1988), the American radical feminist author who achieved notoriety in 1968 by shooting Andy Warhol.