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Published 07/08/2009 by Slate Magazine

Why do Scandinavians write such great crime fiction?

Having read close to 30 Scandinavian crime novels over the last several months, I can come to only one conclusion: Scandinavia is a bleak, ungodly, extraordinarily violent place to live. The capitals are seething hot pots of murder. In Oslo, a serial killer slips red...

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