A Probable Story

How capable are we to profoundly change our behavior and way of thinking? And are we ready to pay the price? In her new novel, internationally renowned Karin Alvtegen gives an intriguing close-up view of human beings, caught in their own thinking and acting while constantly struggling to fit in.

Once again, Karin Alvtegen has proven her skills in telling a story with many depths. It is in many ways a display of human behavior, her characters struggling with their personal demons. It becomes obvious that the behavior we try to hide inside of us becomes instead the inner driving force of our lives. The compelling psychological drama keeps the reader captured to the end.

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.