- Fiction, Police in fiction, Police, Martin Beck (Fictitious character)
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Classical in form, cool, grave and earnest.
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Maj Sjöwall, Per Wahlöö
- First published
- 1971
- Pages
- 188
- Publisher
- Bruna, A W Bruna en zoon, Pantheon Books
- Editions
- 20
- Language
- Dutch, tur, Swedish, German
- ISBN
- 9780140039191
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First sentence
“Kort na middernacht hield hij op met nadenken.”
About Maj Sjöwall · 1935–2020
Swedish writer. Together with her husband [Per Wahlöö](/a/OL1460559A), author of crime novels about detective Martin Beck, using the signature Sjöwall/Wahlöö.
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