- Fiction, Police, Martin Beck (Fictitious character), Swedish fiction
The thrilling ninth classic installment in the Martin Beck detective series from the 1960s – the novels that have inspired all crime fiction written ever since.Widely recognised as the greatest masterpieces of crime fiction ever written, these are the original detective stories that pioneered the detective genre.Written in the 1960s, they are the work of Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo – a husband and wife team from Sweden.
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Classical in form, earnest, cool and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- cooloverwhelming
- gravecomic
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About the book
- Author
- Maj Sjöwall, Per Wahlöö
- First published
- 1974
- Pages
- 296
- Publisher
- Ayriksi Kitap, RBA, Amereon Ltd
- Editions
- 25
- Language
- Dutch, tur, dan, Swedish
- ISBN
- 9788700408111
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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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