tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779338627192492408.post8527627692960221959..comments2024-03-28T21:14:53.088-04:00Comments on MY READER'S BLOCK: The Man on the Balcony: ReviewBev Hankinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01127476456755776574noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779338627192492408.post-49775893608967772002011-05-14T09:17:15.922-04:002011-05-14T09:17:15.922-04:00Oh dear -- sorry Bev, I completely forgot about th...Oh dear -- sorry Bev, I completely forgot about the brutal-death-of-children aspect of that one. I guess I'm just a cold bastard :) Glad you still found something to enjoy in it. Anyway, don't be scared off other Wahloo and Sjowall novels, none of the others ones I've read have that quality. "The Laughing Policeman" is probably their most famous and is not gruesome (well, a bunch of people are killed on a bus, but none are kids). For those that don't know, these are Swedish mysteries written from 1965-75 or so by a husband and wife team -- a huge influence on people like Henning Mankell and other contemporary Nordic thriller/mystery authors... -IvanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779338627192492408.post-61177575820713075712011-05-10T22:53:39.514-04:002011-05-10T22:53:39.514-04:00@Shirley: This isn't a book that I would have ...@Shirley: This isn't a book that I would have chosen for myself. One of my friends from work (knowing my love of mysteries) gave this to me as a get-well gift. (Apparently Sjöwalll and Wahlöö are favorites of his) Otherwise, I probably wouldn't have given it a try....and if it had been as brutal as some of them out there I wouldn't have finished it.Bev Hankinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01127476456755776574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779338627192492408.post-31853315535161959922011-05-10T22:39:27.905-04:002011-05-10T22:39:27.905-04:00At first I was interested in this book, as you wer...At first I was interested in this book, as you were, then I changed my mind when after reading of the crimes against children. It is a saving grace that the author handled it in such a manner, but I still don't think it is one I would pick up. Thanks for the review Bev.Shirleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06065113724187544247noreply@blogger.com