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Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it 11 years ago
bookshelves: radio-4, series, sweden, fradio, autumn-2012, published-1967, mystery-thriller Recommended for: BBC listeners Read from November 08 to 10, 2012 Saturday Drama: 3. The Man on the Balcony Translated by Alan Blair Dramatised by Katie Himsblurb - Someone is assaulting and killing young ...
Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it 11 years ago
bookshelves: translation, series, summer-2013, sweden, play-dramatisation, mystery-thriller, published-1967, fradio, radio-4 Read from July 26 to 27, 2013 Cop Killer by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö Translated by Thomas Teal Dramatised for radio by Jennifer HowarthBBC BLURB: The murder of a woman i...
olgatrzepiecinska
olgatrzepiecinska rated it 11 years ago
Przeglądałam książki na Miejskim Regale i wtedy pewien pan stojący obok polecił mi właśnie to. Wcześniej nie miałam do czynienia z twórczością tego autora (pomijając film "Tam, gdzie rosną poziomki", ns który kazali nam iść z klasą - jako że to był przymus, nie zwróciłam na niego większej uwagi).Nie...
Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it 11 years ago
Cop Killer by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö Translated by Thomas Teal Dramatised for radio by Jennifer HowarthBBC BLURB: The murder of a woman in a small village outside Malmö in Southern Sweden wouldn't normally warrant the attentions of Detective Inspector Martin Beck and his team. But this woman liv...
Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it 12 years ago
Saturday Drama: 3. The Man on the Balcony Translated by Alan Blair Dramatised by Katie Himsblurb - Someone is assaulting and killing young girls in the parks of Stockholm. With only a brutal mugger and a three year-old boy for witnesses, the investigation is stalling. It's only a tiny detail surfaci...
A little tea, a little chat
A little tea, a little chat rated it 13 years ago
Wherein I revisit Persona, a regrettable decision.According to the man, since he won the Grand Prix at Cannes with Smiles of a Summer Night in 1956, his fame meant no-one would give him honest criticism, he said. "There hasn't been anyone with whom I can discuss my scripts," he said. "Even when the ...
Manny Rayner's book reviews
Manny Rayner's book reviews rated it 13 years ago
Well, come on, tell me what this movie's about! It must be about something. And you're the central character, or so we're assured. But how can the central character not say anything? How are we supposed to know what you're like?Don't just look at me with those big eyes. Give me a hint. You mean that...
SethLynch
SethLynch rated it 13 years ago
I read this not long after Unwanted. I didn’t realise that the themes were related until after I pulled it off the shelf and decided to read it. If I had I might have gone for something else – I can only stomach so much child killing in a month. Instead I read it over a weekend and “enjoyed” it. The...
demerson19
demerson19 rated it 15 years ago
This 1951 novel takes the very interesting premise of playing out the life of Barabbas after he is freed and Jesus is crucified. Lagerkvist (Nobel prize winner), portrays Barabbas as many would imagine him -- strong, violent, brooding, and dangerous. But Lagerkvist takes it further by showing the im...
Tower of Iron Will
Tower of Iron Will rated it 15 years ago
The one man in history who could say with absolute certainty that his life was saved by Christ attempts to live as a Christian in first century Rome and fails spectacularly.
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