Re: RARA-AVIS: Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö's Martin Beck series

From: Stewart Wilson (stewart@stewartwilson.com)
Date: 17 Apr 2009

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    Hi Harry,
     They are mainstream procedurals. I don't think of them as noir. Unless the larger story is something like "Beck's career", that title is definitely symbolic. Cheers,
    --Stewart

    On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 2:07 PM, Harry Joseph Lerner
    <harry.joseph.lerner@mail.mcgill.ca> wrote:
    > Hello Everyone,
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    > Is anyone familiar with Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö's Martin Beck series?  Are they at all noirish, or are they more mainstream mystery?  I know there are 10 novels in the series collectively titled THE STORY OF A CRIME.  Does this mean that the individual novels are part of a larger single story arc or is the series title more symbolic than literal?
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    > Thanks!
    > Harry
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Stewart Wilson
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