false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178031329m/595538.jpg 595538 25 According to Per Wahlöö, the ten books he wrote with his wife, Maj Sjöwall, about Inspector Martin Beck were intended to be a left-wing assault on the sacred cows of Swedish society. They are also, however, entertaining tales of mystery that allow non-Swedes to slip under the skin of another culture while having a frighteningly good time. In this first book of the series, the body of a young woman is discovered as a dredger digs a canal. There seems to be little chance of Beck identifying the woman, let alone discovering who killed her. But by combining time-honored methods of police procedure with a few local twists, Beck manages to do just that. 582242 1965 Roseanna (Martin Beck #1) total:215|5:43|4:99|3:60|2:8|1:5| 215 812 322 48 5 1 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 11 20:03:10 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 16 18:36:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 12 10:48:47 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 12 13:32:16 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 1 false false Sat Jan 24 08:29:24 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 08:40:52 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jun 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 05:21:56 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 05:29:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Dec 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 21 16:20:57 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 28 00:27:29 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 true true Tue Nov 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 14:41:56 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 07:52:52 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 0 1 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jan 04 15:09:03 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 15:09:03 -0800 2009
This is, apparently, the first Martin Beck novel, set in Sweden. A body of a woman is washed up. At first no one can identify her. Then she is identifie...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Apr 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 05:28:04 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 06:16:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat May 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 02 17:21:50 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 12:33:26 -0700 2009 Roseanna, first book in the Martin Beck police procedural series penned by Swedish authors Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo in the 60s and 70s, is absolutely deserving of its status as a crime fiction classic. The influence of Martin Beck on such marvelously moody contemporary Northern European detectives...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1978 Sat Aug 09 13:32:11 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 09 13:32:11 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 06 15:15:06 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 13 13:49:37 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Oct 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 26 20:12:53 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 26 20:33:22 -0700 2008
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