WORLD LITERATURE WEEKEND in London 2011
Sunday 19 June at 2.00 p.m.
Venue: Stevenson Room, British Museum
Crime Fiction: Reading Scars
Behind crime fiction's gripping narratives, there often lies a
more incisive portrayal of a society than can be found in more
obvious commentaries; and it offers a way to confront ideas of good
and evil in a shades-of-grey world, where simple moral certainties
aren't so easy to find. Karin Alvtegen's
psychological crime thrillers include Missing, which in
2001 won the Glass Key, the premier Nordic crime writing award, and
Shadow and Betrayal. Håkan Nesser is also
a Glass Key winner; his latest book to be translated into English
is The Inspector and Silence, starring his detective Van
Veeteren.