Wendy Lesser is an engaging and amiable guide to a cultural phenomenon that has swept much of the planet
mystery of Scandinavian crime fiction is how five countries with a combined population of around 27m produced so many hit novels that the region’s noir has become a genre in itself. Jo Nesbo, creator of the lugubrious Norwegian detective Harry Hole, has sold over 45m books worldwide. The Kurt Wallander novels, by Henning Mankell, have been turned into dozens of films and television episodes.
, a literary magazine, is especially sharp on the detective series written by the Swedish couple and co-authors Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo in the 1960s and 1970s, widely regarded as the beginning of the trend. Its hero, Martin Beck—the model in part for Wallander and Hole—shone a light into the shadiest crevices of Swedish society. After that comes an actual travelogue through Norway, Denmark and Sweden .
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