British editor and critic Barry Forshaw briefs us on the roots of his passion for crime fiction – Brits as Arthur Conan Doyle, Graham Greene, and Eric Ambler – as well as on his latest non-fiction work about Nordic crime fiction.
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Rezension: MR Hall: “The Chosen Dead”
Hall’s coroner heroine Jenny Cooper would clearly be sympathetic to Tolstoy’s notion that his hero was truth – though the pursuit of truth has cost her dearly, and her fragile mental state has been stretched ever tighter over the course of five increasingly impressive books.
Podcast: Real Crime, Real Fiction
Does the consumption of crime novels influence the way we read about real crime? In this panel discussion, writers, curators and journalists explore the impact of real-life crimes on the writing and production of crime fiction, both on television and in print.
Rezension: Peter May: “The Chessman”
Joyce once described Ireland as a priest-ridden country. God knows what he would have made of the Hebrides as presented in Peter May’s accomplished trilogy, of which “The Chessmen” is the concluding volume.
Service: Books of the Year 2012: Crime and thrillers
A selection the best of the year’s books in a comprehensive guide to the highlights in the section of crime and thrillers. Rising effortlessly above all the by-the-numbers work this year have been several truly impressive novels.
Rezension: Deon Meyer: “Seven Days”
It’s inevitable. When a writer of ambitious, weighty books delivers a more compact, less complex piece of work, there is always a slight sense of the author marking time before getting back to more serious concerns.
Rezension: Henning Mankell: “The Shadow Girls”
In interviews, Henning Mankell is always eminently cordial and polite – but journalists have learned that he expects his interlocutors to be well prepared. He is, however, patient with those who do not realise that his crime fiction is only one element of his output.
Artikel: Barry Forshaw talks about British Crime Film: Something to be Proud Of
Today’s guest blogger is from crime fiction critic Barry Forshaw. A former Vice-Chair of the Crime Writer’s Association Barry is a writer and journalist whose books include British Crime Writing: An Encyclopaedia and The Rough Guide to Crime Fiction.
Artikel: Barry Forshaw on Graham Greene: “The Ministry of Fear”
British critic Barry Forshaw is a writer and journalist whose writing career covers a number of genres. He is the acknowledged expert on Scandinavian crime fiction and the author of numerous work on films and crime fiction.
Rezension: Jeffery Deaver: “XO”
“XO” is as capable a piece of thriller writing as Deaver has delivered. Kayleigh Towne is riding high in the country charts when she agrees to a concert in her home town. But a fanatical admirer has been sending letters and emails extolling his eternal love.
Rezension: Laura Wilson: “A Willing Victim”
Nineteen fifty-six was a year of seismic changes: from nuclear brinkmanship and the Suez Crisis, to the rise of the Christian evangelist Billy Graham. The appeal of religious demagogues is one of the themes of crime novelist Laura Wilson’s latest.
Rezension: Stieg Larsson: “The Expo Files”
It’s a mystery as provocative as anything in “The Millennium Trilogy”: is there a fourth book by the author of “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”? How much more did Stieg Larsson write about the fascinating, sociopathic Lisbeth Salander before his life ended at the age of 50?
Interview: Barry Forshaw
Ali Karim met UK critic Barry Forshaw. Over a couple of glasses of port, thay discussed his newest book, what he considers “signal work” from the Nordic region, what he’s busy with now, and of course one of Karim’s favorite subjects, Stieg Larsson.
Rezension: Jo Nesbø: “Phantom”
At the New Zealand International Arts Festival, Jo Nesbø was asked how he felt about being called “the new Stieg Larsson”. With characteristic wryness he replied: “It could have been worse – I could have been the new Dan Brown.”
Rezension: Barry Forshaw: »Death in a Cold Climate«
From the Danish TV series »The Killing« to Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy, Scandinavian crime fiction has become hugely popular. Forbidding landscapes, bleak weather, depressive detectives and gruesome violence.
Rezension: Barry Forshaw: »Death in a Cold Climate«
For his »Death in a Cold Climate: A Guide to Scandinavian Crime Fiction«, Barry Forshaw set himself the task of analysing some 200 books by over 70 authors. The result is a convincing survey of a very crowded field.
Artikel: Want to become an Authority on Scandinavian Crime Fiction?
A former Vice-Chair of the Crime Writer’s Association Barry is a writer and journalist whose books include »British Crime Writing«. He is also the editor of the crime fiction website Crime Time.
Artikel: Crime & Thrillers: Sleuths in battle
Let’s avoid saying that 2011 was the best of times, the worst of times for the crime and thriller field – but it has been a turbulent year, with regular visits by authors to both the heights and the depths.
Rezension: Deon Meyer: »Trackers«
The author – who writes in Afrikaans, idiomatically translated by K L Seegers – presents an unsparing picture of social divisions in post-apartheid South Africa. »Trackers« is a sprawling, invigorating and socially committed crime novel.