Swedish Marxist Noir

Journalist Per Hellgren is a contributor to Clues: A Journal of Detection. He lives in Strängnäs, Sweden.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroduction: Marxist Noir at the Gates1. A World Gone Wrong: Raymond Chandler2. The Accord: Per Wahlöö and Sjöwall-Wahlöö3. The Fall from Grace: Henning Mankell4. The Collapsed Dream: Stieg Larsson5. Excavating the Swedish Underbelly: Roslund & Hellström6. A Brave New Sweden: Jens Lapidus7. Sleuths of the ­Post-Political Condition: Arne Dahl8. The Age of the Manhunter: Lars KeplerConclusion: The Dialectics of Crime FictionChapter NotesWorks CitedIndex

“This book brings valuable pieces to the captivating puzzle that Nordic Noir has become…the author pursues his thesis with considerable elegance…Hellgren delivers quite well on his dialectic ambitions, and Swedish Marxist Noir offers a convincing account of how ideology, politics, and crime fiction interacted from the 1960s until today. …a well-researched, well-written and -structured, and interestingly argued account of the origins and ideological evolution of Nordic Noir…a valuable contribution”—Scandinavian Studies; “Detailed and informed...provocative study”—Crime Time.