He Who Kills the Dragon: Backstroem 2

An award winning, darkly comic and compelling Swedish crime novel from a master of the genre

In this second installment of Persson’s trilogy of police procedurals featuring the small, fat and primitive Evert B ckstr m, the grand master’s most appallingly repulsive (and funniest) character is finally given his fifteen minutes of fame by way of his patented combination of laziness, luck, and an unbelievable sense of timing.

A seemingly ordinary murder puzzles B ckstr m, who is struggling with strict orders from his doctor to lead a healthier life. His gut feeling proves him right- within days, his team has another murder linked to the first on their hands, and reports of alleged ties to a Securicor heist gone out of control, killing two. The nation needs a hero, and the newly appointed head of the V sterort police force Anna Holt needs somebody to kill the dragon for her. Who better to heed to the task than Evert B ckstr m- self-sufficient, ostentatious, devoid of moral, Hawaii shirt-clad, and, latterly, armed?