Thanks. This fits a little better with news reports regarding the Assange case which stated that Swedish law regarding rape was a bit more stringent than English or Australian or American for that matter.
The fictional novels clearly paint a less than realistic picture of the actuality. I was explaining to an American reader in a separate post that while this trope may be popular to writers in socialist countries regarding their social welfare systems, it is equally a popular trope amongst American mystery writers. I've certainly read it before. The only difference I see - is in the depiction of Blomkvist as a non-macho action hero. American pop culture, as you've no doubt gathered by now, is somewhat wedded to the macho action hero. Hence the somewhat odd American casting of Daniel Craig in the lead role - a role that having read Dragon, feels more like Tom Hanks (albeit a young Tom Hanks) or someone of that type. Not James Bond.
The political stuff completely went over my head, of course. But I've not read the next two novels - which I've been told delve more directly into it. And I admittedly scanned the 100 pages on the history of the Swedish Neo-Nazi Party.
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Date: 2011-05-29 09:50 pm (UTC)The fictional novels clearly paint a less than realistic picture of the actuality. I was explaining to an American reader in a separate post that while this trope may be popular to writers in socialist countries regarding their social welfare systems, it is equally a popular trope amongst American mystery writers. I've certainly read it before. The only difference I see - is in the depiction of Blomkvist as a non-macho action hero. American pop culture, as you've no doubt gathered by now, is somewhat wedded to the macho action hero. Hence the somewhat odd American casting of Daniel Craig in the lead role - a role that having read Dragon, feels more like Tom Hanks (albeit a young Tom Hanks) or someone of that type. Not James Bond.
The political stuff completely went over my head, of course. But I've not read the next two novels - which I've been told delve more directly into it. And I admittedly scanned the 100 pages on the history of the Swedish Neo-Nazi Party.