I wish I could get the Martin Beck TV series on DVD. I
watched it on a local independent PBS station.
What do you think about Henning Mankell's Kurt Walender
books?
Jordan
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03:02:27 +0200 From: "Anders Engwall" <
anders.engwall@comhem.se> To: <
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com> Subject: RE: RARA-AVIS:
The Laughing Policeman
> Some comments about the Sjö·¡¬l-Wahlö¶ ³eries.
>
>
>
> It should really be read in order, this is one
series where the development
> of the various characters really is
important.
>
>
>
> About the overall quality, Im not so sure. The
so-called social commentary
> really gets in the way, at least in the later half
of the series. While
> there might some grain of truth here and there,
basically all of it is just
> gross exaggerations and pompous demagoguery. And the
nonsense ratio
> increased as the series went on - I found the last
entry to be basically
> unreadable. This series was once the subject of some
very vicious parodies,
> and it deserved it too. And Im saying that as
someone who is politically
> (very) left-wing these books are politically
counter-productive.
>
> That said, if you filter out the deceptive polemics,
its a pretty damn good
> series. You REALLY want to know what the hell is
gonna happen. These novels
> are usually total page-turners (the last one one
possibly excepted I have
> not read it for three decades)
>
>
>
> The one movie adaption you want to see is THE MAN ON
THE ROOF (based on THE
> ABOMINABLE MAN) which just happens to be the only
Swedish action movie worth
> bothering about and also totally pisses all over the
novel it is based on.
> The murder scene at the beginning is by far the most
gruesome one you never
> saw but youll HEAR it Trivia: a few of my cousins
were extras at the
> scene of the helicopter crash.
>
>
>
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