Backstrom He Who Kills the Dragon, Leif GW Persson
Backstrom He Who Kills the Dragon, Leif GW Persson
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Backstrom: He Who Kills the Dragon

Author: Leif GW Persson

Narrator: Erik Davies

Unabridged: 14 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/20/2015


Synopsis

From a master of Scandinavian crime fiction--the first in a brilliant series of novels centered around the investigations of one irascible, obdurate, and very thirsty Swedish police officer: Detective Superintendent Evert Bäckström of the National Murder Squad.
 
Detective Bäckström is Persson's persistently repulsive yet undeniably brilliant comic creation--an unforgettable cop winding his way through the black comedy of a crime scene, and managing to upset nearly everyone in the process.When a newspaper delivery boy finds a 68 year-old alcoholic lying dead in his apartment--beaten with a saucepan lid and hammer, and then strangled--everyone expects an open-and-shut murder case, everyone that is but Hawaiian-shirt clad Detective Bäckström who's been assigned to lead the investigation team. Under strict orders from his doctor to improve his health as quickly as possible, Bäckström has begun stumbling to work on foot, and even eating vegetables. The police force isn't what it used to be though, and now that it's crowded with women and foreigners resisting a drink is harder than ever before. But when the newspaper boy goes missing Bäckström's suspicions are proven correct, giving his irrepressible mix of luck and laziness a chance to save the day, while managing to upset nearly everyone in the process.

About The Author

Leif GW Persson has chronicled the political and social development of modern Swedish society in his award-winning novels for more than three decades. He has served as an adviser to the Swedish Ministry of Justice and is Sweden's most renowned psychological profiler. He is a professor at Sweden's National Police Board and is considered the country's foremost expert on crime.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Tanja on June 14, 2014

Well thank goodness that's over! I have never in my life read any book which such an unlikeable protagonist. A bigger bigot never walked the pages of a book. Evert Bäckström, detective something or other, has something against absolutely everyone who is not a white, Swedish male in his forties. At f......more

Goodreads review by Deb on June 18, 2019

Detective Superintendent Evert Backstrom is just about the antithesis of what a good policeman -- and human being -- ought to be, but like it or not, he solves his cases. An intricately-woven and complex plot that is character-driven and with sufficient details to bring the reader right into the sto......more

Goodreads review by Učitaj se! | Martina Štivičić on February 27, 2018

Policijski inspektor Evert Bäckström nije baš sav svoj. Rano dolazi na posao, ide pješke, zdravo se hrani, izbjegava alkohol. Malo mu fali da još postane i ljubazan prema kolegama. Nešto tu sasvim sigurno ne štima, jer ovaj Bäckström nije uopće nalik Bäckströmu kakvog svi poznamo i - pa, ne baš volim......more