Monday, April 19, 2010

The man who went up in smoke: a Martin Beck mystery



Author(s): Sjöwall, Maj and Per Wahlöö

Uniform Title: Mannen som gick upp i rök. English

Title: The man who went up in smoke: a Martin Beck mystery

Published: New York: Vintage Books, 2008

Description: xiii, 183 p. ; 21 cm.

Call Number: PT9876.29 J63 M313 2008

Note(s): Introduction by Val McDermid. Translated from the Swedish by Joan Tate

Subject(s):
  • Beck, Martin (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
  • Police -- Fiction
  • Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction
  • Stockholm (Sweden) -- Fiction
Review(s):
  • Ott, Bill. "It Began with Beck." Booklist 103, no. 17 (May 2007): 112
  • Nelson, William. "Art Where You Least Expect It: Myth and Ritual in the Detective Series." Modern Fiction Studies, 29, no. 3 (1983): 463-474
  • Williams, Thomas. "Martin Beck: The Swedish Version of Barney Miller without the Canned Laughter." Clues 1.1 (1980): 123-128
Read: February 23, 2010