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Reading - The Terrorists

The Terrorists by Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo

Always on the hunt for gems of noir I strumbled upon The Locked Room by these two swedes a couple of months ago, ever since I've eagerly foraged for the other books in this series. The writers employed the detective fiction form and the contradictory character of their protagonist Martin Beck to document and critique both swedish society and capitalism in an incisive and humorous way. Wahloo died after they had completed The Terrorists, tenth and final episode of the saga, in the 1970s.