Many people ask me for recommendations on Finnish translated fiction. Since the explosion of the Nordic Noir genre, readers are particularly interested in similar books to Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy, or the Norwegian Detective Harry Hole series by Jo Nesbo, or even something like the Swedish … [Read more...]
New Object of Desire
This actor played a police detective in the Swedish Wallander series on BBC4. His name is Ola Rapace and he was the on-off boyfriend of Inspector Wallander's daughter Linda, played by acress Johanna Sällström who sadly took her own life early 2007. Ola caught my eye not only because of his moorish … [Read more...]