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"In ordinary detective novels you never see the consequences of what happens in a story in the next book. That you do in mine."

Steig Larsson, Swedish Author

Consequence, Consequences

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"In ordinary detective novels you never see the consequences of what happens in a story in the next book. That you do in mine."

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"I know what kind of things I myself have been irritated by in detective stories. They are often about one or two persons, but they don't describe anything in the society outside."

"Crime stories are, as you know, one of the most popular forms of entertainment that exist. If you then try to have something to say... that I have, of course."

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