Stieg Larsson My Friend: The Life And Untimely Death Of Stieg Larsson - Softcover

Baksi, Kurdo

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9780143178644: Stieg Larsson My Friend: The Life And Untimely Death Of Stieg Larsson

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ISBN 10: 0143178644 ISBN 13: 9780143178644

Publisher: Penguin Canada, 2011

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Stieg Larsson is best known—all over the world now—as the author of the Millennium trilogy, but during his career as a journalist he was a critical protagonist in the battle against racism and for democracy in Sweden and Europe, and one of the founders of the anti-fascist magazine Expo. Kurdo Baksi first met Larsson in 1992; it was the beginning of an intense friendship, and a fruitful but challenging work relationship. Now, six years after Larsson's death, Baksi has written about his close friend.

This is a candid and rounded memoir in which Baksi answers the questions a multitude of Larsson's readers and admirers have already asked: about his upbringing; the recurring death threats from neo-Nazi groups; his insomnia; his prodigious capacity for work on causes about which he was passionate; his feminism—so evident in his novels—and his dogmatism. But Baksi also reveals concern about Stieg's well-being, and his uncompromising side, which sometimes got him into trouble. What was he like as a colleague? Who provided the inspiration for his now-immortal characters (Baksi is one of the few who appears as himself)? Who was Lisbeth Salander?

Stieg Larsson, My Friendis an eloquent and troubling insight into the life of a man who has rapidly become one of the world's bestselling authors.

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About the Author:

Kurdo Baksi was born in 1965 in northern Kurdistan, and in 1980 came to settle in Sweden. In 1987 he published the magazine Svartvitt (“Black and White”), which was closely associated with Stieg Larsson’s own journal Expo. He is a lecturer on immigration, integration and xenophobia, and the author of 10 books on human rights issues. In 2000 he was awarded the Olof Palme Peace Prize.

Review:

'Baksi writes knowledgably about Larsson's work as a passionate campaigner against racism. It is an intellectual and unsentimental portrait' Joy lo Dico, Independent on Sunday. Independent on Sunday '[A] short but powerful memoir. For Larsson geeks such as myself, the unearthed details of his past and the fond recollections of his ceaseless pursuit of justice are gripping' Rosie Swash, Observer. Rosie Swash, Observer 'In Baksi's book we recognise the deep wellsprings of Larsson's work' Iain Finlayson, The Times. The Times

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