'Nordic Noir' - Scandinavia's Fad For Crime Fiction
"The neat streets of Oslo are not a natural setting for crime fiction. … And Reykjavik, Iceland's capital, is now associated more with financial misjudgment than gruesome murder. Yet in the past decade Nordic crime writers have unleashed a wave of detective fiction that is right up there with the work of Dashiell Hammett, Patricia Highsmith, Elmore Leonard and the other crime greats." The Economist 03/13/10

Posted March 21, 2010 02:10 PM