An in-depth and personal exploration of Scandinavian crime fiction as a way into Scandinavian culture at large For nearly four decades, Wendy Lesser\'s primary source of information about three Scandinavian countries--Sweden, Norway, and Denmark--was Mystery and crime novels, and the murders committed and solved in their pages.
Having never visited the region, Lesser constructed a fictional Scandinavia of her own making, something between a map, a portrait, and a.
An in-depth and personal exploration of Scandinavian crime fiction as a way into Scandinavian culture at large For nearly four decades, Wendy Lesser\'s primary source of information about three Scandinavian countries--Sweden, Norway, and Denmark--was Mystery and crime novels, and the murders committed and solved in their pages