The Expo Files
Stieg Larsson
The Expo Files
Now almost exclusively known as the author of the bestselling Trilogy, as a professional journalist Stieg Larsson was an untiring crusader for democracy and equality. As a reporter and editor-in-chief on the journal Expo he researched the extreme right both in Sweden and at an international level. Collected here for the first time are essays and articles on right-wing extremism and racism, on violence against women and women's rights, on homophobia and honour killings. Included also is an account written for Vagabond magazine of his travels aboard the Trans-Siberian Express from Moscow to Beijing. With an introduction by Tariq Ali.
3.2 out of 5 based on 3 reviews
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Omniscore:
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| Classification |
Non-fiction |
| Genre |
Society, Politics & Philosophy, Essays, Journals & Letters |
| Format |
Paperback |
| Pages |
224 |
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| Date of Publication |
March 2012 |
| ISBN |
978-0857051349 |
| Publisher |
MacLehose Press |
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Now almost exclusively known as the author of the bestselling Trilogy, as a professional journalist Stieg Larsson was an untiring crusader for democracy and equality. As a reporter and editor-in-chief on the journal Expo he researched the extreme right both in Sweden and at an international level. Collected here for the first time are essays and articles on right-wing extremism and racism, on violence against women and women's rights, on homophobia and honour killings. Included also is an account written for Vagabond magazine of his travels aboard the Trans-Siberian Express from Moscow to Beijing. With an introduction by Tariq Ali.
Reviews
The Independent on Sunday
Tom Bunstead
“Admirably translated by Laurie Thompson to give a sense of Larsson's no-nonsense style, and with a warm, revealing foreword by Larsson's friend and colleague Daniel Poohl, The Expo Files will certainly appeal to fans wanting a fuller picture of the man, but should more importantly be a spur to democratic participation.”
15/04/2012
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The Daily Telegraph
Ceri Radford
“You can see traces of the mind that created Lisbeth Salander, that prickly, underestimated embodiment of vengeful female power. But does the book stand on its own merits? ... This collection has its frustrations. The ample footnotes point to the intrinsic difficulty of lifting journalism out of its context and presenting it to an audience who may not know their Sweden Democrats from their Swedish Social Democrats, while the political slant he puts on some issues is open to dispute. But this still stands as an illuminating footnote to Larsson’s fiction as well as a tribute to a brave journalist who was only too willing to kick the hornet’s nest.”
18/04/2012
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The Independent
Barry Forshaw
“There are keen insights here into the issues that motivated him, including a chillingly prescient piece about the likelihood of terror killings in the Scandinavian countries — along with a cutting exposé of the "charlatans" of neo-spiritualism; in none of these does Larsson mince his words. This collection — often infuriating, but always challenging — may be bought by most as an adjunct to Larsson's fictional universe, but these articles (some almost 30 years old) still have much to say to us today.”
30/03/2012
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