Scandinavian Death Trip

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
05.29.2011
(was 07.18.2010)

Sales clerks at Powell's Books in Portland, Oregon, reportedly call the best-selling "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo", "the girl who pays our paychecks". The award-winning Swedish crime thriller has sold so many copies, publishers are racing to find the next Scandinavian best-seller. We meet the superstars of Scandinavian crime fiction... and, talk with the director of "Valhalla Rising"-- the "bone crushingly brutal" Viking epic that film critics love.
 

 

  1. Charles McGrath on Writer Stieg Larsson

    New York Times writer went to Stockholm to track down the back story of the Millennium series and its author who died suddenly.

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  2. Henning Mankell on His Writing

    In Germany, his detective novels have outsold Harry Potter.

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  3. Karin Fossum on Her Writing

    She is "the Queen of Norwegian Crime" with a series of internationally best-selling stories of psychological suspense.

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  4. Arnaldur Indridason on Icelandic Writing

    Recently 6 of the top 10 best- sellers in Iceland were his novels about a gloomy Inspector.

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  5. Nicolas Winding Refn on "Valhalla Rising"

    A Danish director talks about his latest movie which is as dark and brooding as Nordic Noir crime novels.

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