A young and highly successful criminal defense lawyer, lapidus professional experience of representing some of the most notorious criminals in the. Like the first book, never screw up features snappy interplay between a. The debutantturnedphenomenon jens lapidus is back with the second part of his stockholm noir trilogy. Jens lapidus is the man behind the most talked about swedish first novel in a decade. He made his writing debut in august 2006 with easy money, an account of the stockholm underworld, and the first of the stockholm noir trilogy. As a lawyer, lapidus knows his subject, and the reader will learn how to smuggle cocaine, launder money from beginner level to expert, or even how to escape from a swedish jail. Two years later the second installment aldrig fucka upp was. Eight nordic noir authors you should try crime fiction lover. A young and highly successful criminal defense lawyer, lapidus. From one of swedens most successful criminal defense laywers comes an unflinching look at stockholms underworld. Jw is a young man originally from the countryside who now lives in stockholm. Swedish author jens lapidus, however, writes in a style much closer to what many readers think of as noir, albeit with a modern edge to it. He was an ordinary citizen, a loser, a tragic sven. From one of swedens most successful criminal defense laywers comes an.
Lapidus was born into a jewish middle class family in the stockholm suburb grondal. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading easy money. Theres johan westlund jw, as hes known an ambitious student whose main ambition is living the highlife. Reggie nadelson, author of londongrad a solid, rich, and witty pageturner about the criminal world of stockholm, where cocaine is the prime mover. Here, the coke dealers and root men of easy money have been joined by cops good ones and bad ones, but real cops nonetheless, desperate about a situation that has long since spun of control.
Qualifizierte bestellungen werden kostenlos geliefert. Jw feigns the appearance of a stekare in swedish parlance, a lifestyle based on flaunting ones apparent wealth. Reggie nadelson, author of londongrad a solid, rich, and witty pageturner about the criminal world of stockholm, where. As a young man he was active in the stureplan party scene, which plays a role in his novels. Easy money is an attempt at a sweeping look at swedens seedy underside.
Time to update for octobers reads, which i realize is long overdue. Bookfactory daily bank deposit log bookjournallogbook 120 page, 8. Its an entirely new criminal world, beautifully renderedand a wildly thrilling novel. Jens lapidus, with his dazzling book, easy money, is the new swedish thriller writer everyones been waiting for. The paperback was the fourth bestselling swedish novel of 2007. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading naawe. Easy money the first of the internationally bestselling stockholm trilogy is a dark and brutal account of the stockholm underworld. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Oh well, time flies when youre having fun reading, or. Jens lapidus follows the lives of three protagonists of the stockholm underworld, whose main drivers in life is the quest for easy cash. Snabba cash ist ein schwedischer actionthriller aus dem jahr 2010. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. His stockholm series begins with easy money, a book that revolves around the cocaine trade and a massive drug deal that goes south. Introducing the breathtaking new scandinavian bestseller about the author.