MAJ SJÖWALL
AND PER WAHLÖÖ
The Laughing Policeman
Translated from the Swedish by Alan Blair
This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author's imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.
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This translation first published by Random House Inc, New York, in 1970
Originally published in Sweden by P. A. Norstedt & Soners Forlag
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Copyright introduction © Jonathan Franzen 2009
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Source ISBN: 9780007242948
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Version: 2016-10-13
From the reviews of the Martin Beck series:
‘First class’
Daily Telegraph
‘One of the most authentic, gripping and profound collections of police procedural ever accomplished’
MICHAEL CONNELLY
‘Hauntingly effective storytelling’
New York Times
‘There's just no question about it: the reigning King and Queen of mystery fiction are Maj Sjöwall and her husband Per Wahlöö’
The National Observer
‘Sjöwall/Wahlöö are the best writers of police procedural in the world’
Birmingham Post
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