Displaying 1 of 1 2015 Format: Book Author: Persson, Leif G. W., author. Title: Bäckström : he who kills the dragon / Leif GW Persson ; translated from the Swedish by Neil Smith. Publisher, Date: New York : Vintage Books, a division of Random House LLC, 2015. ©2013 Description: 360 pages ; 21 cm. Summary: "Detective Bc̃kstrm̲ is Persson's persistently repulsive yet undeniably brilliant comic creation--an unforgettable cop winding his way through the black comedy of a crime scene, and managing to upset nearly everyone in the process.When a newspaper delivery boy finds a 68 year-old alcoholic lying dead in his apartment--beaten with a saucepan lid and hammer, and then strangled--everyone expects an open-and-shut murder case, everyone that is but Hawaiian-shirt clad Detective Bc̃kstrm̲ who's been assigned to lead the investigation team"--Amazon.com. Series: An Evert Backstrom novel Subjects: Detectives -- Sweden -- Fiction. Murder -- Investigation -- Sweden -- Fiction. Genre: Detective and mystery fiction. Other Title: Den som dödar draken. English He who kills the dragon Notes: "A Vintage Crime/Black Lizard original" -- Title page verso. "Originally published in Sweden as Den som dödar draken by Albert Bonniers Förlag, Stockholm, in 2008"--Copyright page. In English, translated from the Swedish. LCCN: 2014010368 ISBN: 9780307950383 0307950387 Other Number: 880122383 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 723948 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: FICTION Persson ^Mystery Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
