Tue Dec 17, 2013, 07:40 PM
scarletwoman (31,893 posts)
Has anyone here read _Between Summer's Longing and Winter's End_?Last edited Tue Dec 17, 2013, 08:36 PM - Edit history (1)
I just finished it - wow!
It's by Swedish author Leif GW Persson. It's the first book of a trilogy concerning the 1986 assassination of Sweden's Prime Minister Olof Palme. I actually remember that event when it happened, because it was so shocking. And it was never solved. I could hardly stand to go to bed while I was reading it. 551 pages, and extemely hard to put down at the end of the day. I'm about to start the second book of the trilogy. It starts with a story concerning the Baader-Meinhof group - more long-ago news events that remain in my memory. I came across this author without having a clue about his work - his name just showed up in "Similar books by other authors..." on the Fantastic Fiction site http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/ while I was browsing various Scandinavian crime fiction books. I asked my local librarian to see if there were any books by Leif Persson available, and a week later I got the first two books of this trilogy (the 3rd book won't be out until sometime next year). Anyway, if you're interested in how leftist leaders end up getting assassinated, and what dirty dealings go on behind the curtain with security agencies (including our own dear CIA), this book is a totally fascinating read.
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Response to scarletwoman (Original post)
Tue Dec 17, 2013, 09:18 PM
Tuesday Afternoon (56,912 posts)
1. Bkmrking. Sounds good.
Response to Tuesday Afternoon (Reply #1)
Tue Dec 17, 2013, 09:30 PM
scarletwoman (31,893 posts)
2. I don't know if you ever go to goodreads.com, but more people there hated it than liked it.
Just so you know - apparently my taste runs a bit outside of the pack.
![]() I have a feeling that the folks who panned it are either younger than I am or weren't politically conscious during the Cold War. |