WORLD LITERATURE WEEKEND i London 2011
den 19 juni 2011
WORLD LITERATURE WEEKEND in London 2011
Sunday 19 June at 2.00 p.m.
Venue: Stevenson Room, British Museum
Crime Fiction: Reading Scars
Behind crime fiction's gripping narratives, there often lies a
more incisive portrayal of a society than can be found in more
obvious commentaries; and it offers a way to confront ideas of good
and evil in a shades-of-grey world, where simple moral certainties
aren't so easy to find. Karin Alvtegen's psychological crime
thrillers include Missing, which in 2001 won the Glass
Key, the premier Nordic crime writing award, and Shadow and
Betrayal. Håkan Nesser is also a Glass Key winner; his latest
book to be translated into English is The Inspector and
Silence, starring his detective Van Veeteren.