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Posts tagged with ‘Sweden’
EXTRAVAGANTLY ECCENTRIC MEMOIR from a Swedish entomologist charms with its love of nature, science, history.
Grade: B PLUS
THE FLY TRAP
Knopf Doubleday
2015
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Biology, Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Science, Sweden
TENSE SWEDISH THRILLER follows an intrepid nurse through a deadly web of international intrigue. Breathtaking.
Grade: B PLUS
THE ANDALUCIAN FRIEND
Crown
2013
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Novels, Suspense, Sweden, Thriller
THE FASCINATING LIFE AND WORK of chef Marcus Samuelsson, a Swedish adoptee from Ethiopia. Revealing, touching!
Grade: B PLUS
YES, CHEF: A MEMOIR
Random House
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Ethiopia, Ethiopian Writers, Food Writing, Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Sweden, Swedish Writers
BROODING AND EVOCATIVE Swedish police procedural/thriller relies on mood, not action. Crisp translation shines.
Grade: SOLID B
THE HYPNOTIST
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
2011
Tags: Mystery, Novels, Solid B Reviews, Sweden, Thriller