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Stieg: From Activist to Author
Jan-Erik Pettersson
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Description for Stieg: From Activist to Author
Paperback. Some light shelf wear, else as new
Until the posthumous publication of the Millennium Trilogy, Stieg Larsson was probably best known for his commitment to left-wing causes, and his tireless work as an anti-fascist activist. Horrified by the rise of far-right extremism in Sweden, he threw himself into monitoring and exposing these often shadowy and violent groups and gained an international reputation for the depth of his achievements and knowledge. However his work carried substantial risks and he and his partner Eva Gabrielsson lived in constant fear for their lives. When a friend of theirs was found shot dead in a stairwell, police raided the killers' hideout ... Read more
Until the posthumous publication of the Millennium Trilogy, Stieg Larsson was probably best known for his commitment to left-wing causes, and his tireless work as an anti-fascist activist. Horrified by the rise of far-right extremism in Sweden, he threw himself into monitoring and exposing these often shadowy and violent groups and gained an international reputation for the depth of his achievements and knowledge. However his work carried substantial risks and he and his partner Eva Gabrielsson lived in constant fear for their lives. When a friend of theirs was found shot dead in a stairwell, police raided the killers' hideout ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849165006
SKU
KRA0011053
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Jan-Erik Pettersson
Jan-Erik Pettersson is a journalist. Previously he was editor-in-chief at the Swedish publishing house Ordfront Forlag, in which role he published Stieg Larsson's book on the right-wing party Sverigedemokraterna.
Reviews for Stieg: From Activist to Author
'Does a much better job of setting Larsson in his Swedish contexts, geographical, social and political ... Pettersson is illuminating on Sweden's neo-Nazis too' Times Literary Supplement.