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A young man falls to his death from a window in a student dorm in Stockholm, his loose shoe striking and killing the little dog being taken for his evening walk by an old man. It seems to be a mundane suicide—at least that’s what the police choose to think. But the young man is American, not Swedish, and there are a couple of odd things about his room when they search it. . . .
From these tiny beginnings, Leif GW Persson slowly begins to unravel a puzzle that gets larger and larger as it becomes more and more complex, until it sweeps us into a web of international espionage, backroom politics, greed, sheer incompetence, and the shoddy work of Sweden’s intelligence force that leads to the murder of the prime minister.
The first novel in a dark and dazzling trilogy that has become the defining fictional account of the unsolved 1986 assassination of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme—an event that triggered the biggest criminal investigation in recorded history—Between Summer’s Longing and Winter’s End is a riveting insider’s combination of black satire, thriller, psychological drama, and police procedural by a writer universally acknowledged as Sweden’s leading criminologist.
- Sales Rank: #1681755 in Books
- Published on: 2010-09-14
- Released on: 2010-09-14
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.55" h x 1.40" w x 6.25" l, 1.82 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 560 pages
From Publishers Weekly
The apparent suicide of an American journalist in 1970s Stockholm propels Persson's ponderous English debut, the first of a trilogy. The victim, John Krassner, was working on a book detailing the exploits of his uncle, Col. John Buchanan, an OSS agent in the years following WWII and Buchanan's ties to a now high-ranking Swedish politician known by the code name "Pilgrim." The Swedish secret police, who were hearing chatter concerning threats to the Swedish prime minister, had been keeping an eye on Krassner at the time of his death. Curious about Krassner after discovering a personal connection to the case, police superintendent Lars Johansson begins his own inquiry and unearths more than he bargained for, including disparate pieces of a vast political conspiracy. In contrast to the work of Stieg Larsson, this thriller lacks both memorable characters and a streamlined plot.
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From Booklist
The unsolved 1986 assassination of Swedish prime minister Olaf Palme hovers behind much of contemporary Scandinavian crime fiction, often as a watershed moment—the point at which the country’s slow decline into American-style crime and chaos kicked into high gear. Now Swedish writer Persson, in his U.S. debut, tackles the Palme case head-on, positing a believable scenario in which the prime minister’s death is almost an afterthought to another killing and its cover-up. It is a classic story of bureaucratic bungling and investigatory incompetence in which a deranged American journalist, convinced that his CIA-agent uncle worked with the young prime minister, sets out to write an exposé and winds up dead, inadvertently starting a random chain of events that leads to tragedy. Persson layers his incredibly dense novel, the first in a trilogy, with numerous parallel story lines and a plethora of characters, most of whom fail to capture our imagination. Clearly, the publisher is hoping for a Steig Larsson–type success here, but this is a very different book by a less-skilled storyteller. The vision of bureaucracy run amok that drives the premise is spot-on, but the onslaught of detail is, in the end, overwhelming. --Bill Ott
Review
“Laced with irony and satire . . . Reminiscent of Henning Mankell and Stieg Larsson in its toughness . . . Persson does a fine job of pitting one desperate soul against another in a philosophically charged tale worthy of Ingmar Bergman—but with lots more guns.”
—Kirkus (starred)
“A brilliant political thriller.”
—Der Tagesspiegel
“One of the best Swedish crime novels of all time.”
—Expressen
“This is not only a compelling crime story to be read without stopping until the last page. It is not only an unforgettable tale with a ferocious and bitter unexpected ending. It is much more. This is a masterpiece.”
—Il Sole 24 Ore
“A teeth-gritting political thriller . . . Authentic with silent anger, tough and utterly haunting.”
—Berliner Morgenpost
“One of the most exhaustive investigations ever to have been written about. A plot full of suspense, a great adventure, and a philosophical view of the dark and painful sides of life.”
—Il Giornale di Vicenza
“Funny, sharp, thrilling, and entertaining. Indeed, you almost think it’s too good to be true, at least until you start reading and are convinced.”
—Kristeligt Dagblad
"Leif GW Persson's big lush novel is a tale of mystery and intrigue and murder. Mostly set in Sweden before the collapse of the Soviet Union it begins with the body of an American falling from a building. Was it an accident or a suicide? Surely it couldn't have been a murder, or so the police believe. Enter Lars Johansson, a police official known as 'a real policeman.' His interest in the dead American will take him to New York and to the FBI academy in Quantico, and will reveal Cold War machinations from a generation earlier that are connected to the man who fell from the building. For Johansson, entering this case is like entering a hall of mirrors within a maze, where international scheming, secret police, including one with bizarre sexual proclivities, and even the assassination of a prime minister, are all connected one way or the other to that American. From a country known for terrific crime novelists, Sweden's great crime writer Leif GW Persson brilliantly takes the reader into a world of fascinating mystery and secrets."
—Joseph Wambaugh
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27 of 32 people found the following review helpful.
An accident, suicide, or murder?
By "switterbug" Betsey Van Horn
At the center of this Swedish espionage thriller is the death of an American journalist, John P. Krassner, circa 1988. Was it an accident, a suicide, or murder? The facts known at the opening is that first his body and then his boot falls from the 16th floor of a student dormitory. The boot struck and killed a Pomeranian named Charlie. Charlie's owner, Vindel, is trying to recount the seconds between the body and the boot falling from the window.
After this wry and arresting opening, the reader is plunged into a dense and plodding world of Swedish politics. The characters and their careers are portrayed in all their Byzantine splendor, from the intricacies of the police and secret police (SePo) departments; to the police surveillance squad and covert operations; inside the Swedish Parliament; as well as the connections to WW II, the Cold War, and the U.S. central intelligence agency. There are many circuitous routes in the midst of this story, from the Russian communists to the beginnings of Sweden's system of neutrality.
Lars Johansson is a solitary man, a "real policeman," and the police superintendent on his way to becoming the head of the National Bureau of Criminal Investigation. He is a perspicacious type who seems to see around corners and figure out how things stand. The case comes to his attention from his best friend, Detective Chief Inspector, Bo Jarnebring, (from the department's surveillance squad). He received Krassner's belongings, including his boots, which had a hollow heel and a slip of paper stating "an honorable cop, Lars Johansson," complete with Johansson's address and phone number and a key to a safety deposit box.
Additionally, there appears to be a suicide note typed on Krassner's Panasonic and parts of a manuscript of a book documenting and revealing spy secrets and transcripts of the West. Lars had never heard of Krassner before, and this begins his investigation into the case.
While Johansson is in the U.S. for some FBI training seminars, he follows up with Krassner's ex-girlfriend, Sarah Weissman, to seek out more information. This proves valuable and sets him on a trail of espionage leading back to WW II and the OSS. Krassner's uncle was a spy and an intransigent Irish racist who passed on his traits and his personal effects to his nephew.
In the meantime, Erik Berg, the head of SePo, is apprised of the case. He brings in his best friend, Claes Waltin, who he doesn't fully trust. Waltin is the Police Superintendent and head of external operations. He is also a psychopath and a sexual deviant who keeps his perversions under wraps and uses his shrewd talent to further his personal and career ambitions.
As story unfolds, a web is manifested that expands into several areas of the government, covering a wide range of people and bureaus, including the Ministry of Justice. The author, while keeping the reader with one eye blind, teases out the facts gradually and uncovers a tremendous trail of secrets that connect, interconnect, and even disconnect various departments and governments.
There is a huge cast of characters, made up primarily of assorted members of the police force. Moreover, there are other colorful people and events, such as an alcoholic professor, a "deep throat" type, female exploitation by Waltin, a heavy-lidded special advisor to the prime minister, and the fascinating childhoods of Waltin and Johansson. And there are enough hearty, heavy meals to whet the appetite and gain ten pounds!
I was intrigued by the elaborate story and the complexities of plot and character. The problem was that, after the droll opening, the narrative style becomes ponderous and almost crushes under its own weight. The pace was labored and read much like a text or chronicle. It was too often too dry, and would have been improved with more of the sly levity that characterized the opening pages. Instead, it was frequently fraught with detail and tedious profiling. But his acumen--what makes people tick--kept me wanting more.
Moreover, the book was highly engaging and entertaining when Persson portrayed certain incompetent members of the police force and their operations as comparable to Keystone Kops adventures. And, in the end, Persson doesn't let the reader down. We eventually understand that Krassner is at the center of a Gordian Knot with many fibers.
After reading the author's bio sketch, I understood his style better. Persson has chronicled the political and social development of modern Swedish society for more than three decades in his novels. He has served as an adviser to the Swedish Ministry of Justice and is Sweden's most renowned psychological profiler.
This review is based on a complementary galley I received from the publisher.
20 of 23 people found the following review helpful.
I was longing for the book to end
By Maine Colonial
A young American journalist named Krassner falls to his death from an apartment building, his shoe falling several seconds later. Stockholm's police department deem him a "do it yourselfer," or a suicide. The secret police, who had been tracking Krassner's activities, come to the same conclusion. But Lars Martin Johansson, an inspector with Sweden's National Bureau of Criminal Investigation, isn't so sure and quietly goes about his own investigation.
The description of the activities of Sweden's various police and security agencies and personnel expands into the government, including the prime minister and his mysterious special advisor. Though never named, the prime minister is clearly Olof Palme, who was assassinated on the street in 1986. Palme, a Social Democrat, was the object of virulent right-wing hatred and regularly accused by them of being an agent of the Soviet Union. The mystery of his murder has never been solved.
Persson presents a possible solution to the murder, but the persons responsible are less important than his key accusation, which is that the crime can be chalked up to the general sloth, bigotry, corruption, stupidity and infighting of the police and Sweden's huge and unwieldy security apparatus.
Persson had a longtime career as a psychological profiler and adviser to Sweden's Ministry of Justice. He very much focuses on the psychology of his huge cast of characters in the development of his story. When asked if it was his intent to profile Swedish law enforcement, his response was: "I have very humble ambitions when it comes to writing novels: A story worth telling, thrilling with a documentary tone, if possible with some humor in it."
This book is long, complex and darkly satirical. I was very much looking forward to its publication, but disappointed in the book. Its humor is repetitive and labored, the arc of the story is more of a flat line and it's far longer than the content would warrant.
The book has a huge cast of similarly unattractive characters, differing only in degree of contemptibility. One of the running "gags" in the book is that each character thinks each other character is an idiot. This gag palls quickly, especially since they all seem to be correct. On top of being stupid, the characters are drunks, misogynists, racists and, in one notable case, a sexual deviant. Even Johansson, whom we are told repeatedly is a one good cop, isn't particularly interesting or appealing.
I don't require a lot of action in my books, political intrigue interests me and I like long historical books, particularly those set in European countries. Despite that, this book didn't engage me or carry me along. In the end, though the ideas were promising, the execution was just plain dull.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful.
Persson's 2nd effort an improvement
By Robert M. Baird
I read Between Summer's Longing and Winter's End a while back. It is a dense book and clearly divided the reviewers. Persson is a demanding writer with a large cast of characters. There is a fair amount of important background information of the modern history of Europe and the Cold War. Some of his cops are beyond bunglers. He hints at a fictional solution to the unsolved assassination of Sweden's prime minister. He has the background to do so. I read an advance copy of his newest, A Person of Interest and thought it better. It is the second of a trilogy. This is not easy reading, but is superior to Stieg Larsson and will reward the patient.
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