Etienne Borgers:
> As you probably are aware of, the Martin Beck
TV
> series you mention is based on the books by
Maj
> Sjö·¡¬l and Per Wahlö¶® They are two writers
who
> formed the duo of authors of the Martin Beck novels,
a
> series originally issued in Swedish.
>
> I will add that most of these books are
really
> interesting readings, and they often carry a
rather
> depressing ambiance and a very good rendering of
the
> loneliness of the central character.
> It's a kind of naturalistic study of a
police
> detective's life, that IMO is more bearable than
the
> artificial "normal" life some modern HB writers
tend
> to glue onto their central PI characters as if
they
> were annoyed by the fictional side of these!...
and
> miss the train.
> (refer to Spenser/ Parker, and even
Scudder/Block
> recently.. et al)
Unfortunately, this has since become more or less a rather
tiresome cliché ©n Swedish police procedurals. Then again, one
should not blame originals for inferior copyists.
Good as they are though, I hope nobody is led to believe the
annoying political outbursts that occur every so often.
Hilariously exaggerated, they are not much more accurate than
say, Mickey Spillane's ravings, except they of course are on
the opposite end of the political scale.
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