Copenhagen Noir - Bo Tao Michaelis [0]
The translation of this volume is supported by the Danish National Arts Council’s Literature Committee.
Published by Akashic Books
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Series concept by Tim McLoughlin and Johnny Temple
Copenhagen map by Aaron Petrovich
eISBN-13: 978-1-617-75015-1
ISBN-13: 978-1-936070-66-4
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright Page
Introduction
PART I: (MEN AND) WOMEN
NAJA MARIE AIDT Ørstedsparken
Women in Copenhagen
JONAS T. BENGTSSON Northwest
One of the Rough Ones
CHRISTIAN DORPH & SIMON PASTERNAK Vesterbro
Australia
SUSANNE STAUN City Center
All I Want Is My Baby, Woah Woah, Woah Woah Woah Woah
HELLE HELLE Vanløse
A Fine Boy
Part II: MAMON
LENE KAABERBØL & AGNETE FRIIS Ørestad
When the Time Came
GEORG URSIN Frederiksberg
Sleipner’s Assignment
KLAUS RIFBJERG Amager
Debt of Honor
GRETELISE HOLM Istedgade
When It’s Tough Out There
Part III: CORPSES
KRISTIAN LUNDBERG Malmø
Savage City, Cruel City
(Translated from Swedish by LONE THYGESEN BLECHER)
KRISTINA STOLTZ Nørrebro
The Elephant’s Tusks
SEYIT ÖZTÜRK Valby
The Booster Station
BENN Q. HOLM Frederiksberg Allé
The Great Actor
GUNNAR STAALESEN Central