Scandinavian Crime Fiction

With its bleak urban environments, psychologically compelling heroes and socially engaged plots, Scandinavian crime writing has captured the imaginations of a global audience in the 21st century. Exploring the genre's key themes, international impact and socio-political contexts, Scandinavian Crime Fiction guides readers through such key texts as Sj wall and Wahl 's Novel of a Crime , Gunnar Staalesen's Varg Veum series, Peter H eg's Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow , Henning Mankell's Wallander books, Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy and TV series such as The Killing . With its focus on the function of crime fiction in both reflecting and shaping the late-modern Scandinavian welfare societies, this book is essential for readers, viewers and fans of contemporary crime writing.