{"product_id":"9781617754227","title":"Stockholm Noir","description":"Named a Pick of the Week for the week of February 29th by \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Grouped under three headings, the 13 stories in this outstanding entry in Akashic's noir series capture the gloomy underside of Sweden's capital, portraying the hopelessness of those trapped in what Larson and Edenborg in their introduction call the city that \u003ci\u003edevours your soul\u003c\/i\u003e.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, Starred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Coedited by local authors Larson and Edenborg, this superb sampling of Swedish crime writing talent, some of whose work has been translated into English for the first time here, will be appreciated by fans of Stieg Larsson's 'Millennium' trilogy and Jens Lapidus's \u003ci\u003eEasy Money\u003c\/i\u003e; they will enjoy getting to know these authors, who write about Stockholm's dark side.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Akashic's multivolume Noir series returns to Scandinavia, focusing this time on the capital city of Sweden, a country that is famously neutral in time of war but is also a large-scale dealer in arms....Another worthy entry in this globe-trotting mystery series.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Larson and Edenborg manage to unearth a dark side to a city that \u003ci\u003eis verdant, clean, and surrounded by crystalline water\u003c\/i\u003e....Stockholm may not be Marseille, but Larson and Edenborg's contributors show that even a verdant place with socialized medicine can have its seamy side.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The series offers the best of bite-sized crime stories from all over the world--you can't go wrong!\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eBook Riot\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"On the heels of editions set in Copenhagen and Helsinki comes \u003ci\u003eStockholm Noir\u003c\/i\u003e, edited by Nathan Larson and Carl-Michael Edenborg with a predictably discerning eye for stories that wring suspense, violence, and worry from social and political issues percolating in a given milieu.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAkashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with \u003ci\u003eBrooklyn Noir\u003c\/i\u003e. Each book comprises all new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrand-new stories by:\u003c\/b\u003e Unni Drougge, Inger Edelfeldt, Carl-Michael Edenborg, Åke Edwardson, Torbjörn Elensky, Inger Frimansson, Carl Johan De Geer, Martin Holmén, Nathan Larson, Malte Persson, Anna-Karin Selberg, Johan Theorin, and Lina Wolff.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the introduction by \u003cb\u003eNathan Larson\u0026amp;Carl-Michael Edenborg\u003c\/b\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"To the tourist, the city of Stockholm appears a shimmering dream. Laid out on a series of islands, it is verdant, clean, and surrounded by crystalline water. On paper, Stockholm is paradise. And in some respects, it truly is. But in most respects, it is anything but...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003c\/i\u003eStockholm Noir\u003ci\u003e, the city is presented as a gaping maw ready to devour your soul should you wander down the wrong alley...Everywhere is noir. Even, and especially, in a paradise like Sweden, where the citizen is given every tool to go out and become a great success but is paradoxically held to an almost subliminal expectation to fall in line...and never shine so brightly that you disturb your neighbor...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this anthology it's our aim to showcase the darker, grittier, more intense world of Swedish noir fiction. Here the dangers lurking beneath the IKEA lifestyle are given free rein, and words are given to the ambivalence and despair of a model society.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Akashic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47135759204592,"sku":"9781617754227","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781617754227_p0.jpg?v=1769904805","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781617754227","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}