![]() And maybe because it’s Swedish, there’s a sense that the author is making some kind of social commentary about the places and the circumstances in which some people are forced to live. There’s an intelligence that resonates off the page. Aside from the subject matter, there’s a complex cast of characters, a small-town setting and a child protagonist, all of which come straight out of the Stephen King school of fiction writing.īut Lindqvist manages to capture something that King doesn’t. There’s no doubt that there are some similarities. Like most new horror writers who achieve some measure of commercial success, Lindqvist has been compared to Stephen King. Now translated into English by the independent, London-based publisher Quercus, the book is set to win over an international audience of horror fans. This, his debut novel, was published under the title Låt den rätte komma in in 2004 and quickly became a bestseller in the author’s homeland. ![]() Let The Right One In is by John Ajvide Lindqvist, a relatively new Swedish author who has made a name for himself as a horror writer. ![]() Translated from the Swedish by Ebba Segerberg. Fiction – paperback Quercus 480 pages 2008. ![]()
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