Femicide: WINNER OF THE PETRONA AWARD 2023: 1 (Vanessa Frank, 1)

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Pascal Engman] has an amazing ability to constantly accelerate the pace of the story. He absorbs the reader so you can’t stop reading.’ – Inga-Lill Mosander, Swedish journalist

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It feels incredibly significant to win this award. Several of my major idols and heroes in this genre have been recipients of it. I consider it an honour, a great honour. Writing FEMICIDE was a unique experience. The research on the incel movement was very challenging. I was pulled towards their darkness in many ways. Therefore, I also want to thank Linnea, my fiancée, for putting up with me then, as she does now. Fresh, brilliant writing and utterly compelling. I loved it.’ – Peter James, UK No.1 bestselling author of the Detective Superintendent Roy Grace series Vengono, inoltre, introdotte diverse figure maschili, che rappresentano i vari prototipi di uomini violenti o deviati e le loro “controparti” femminili. Abbiamo il conduttore ricco e potente, molestatore seriale, insieme alla moglie-balia, brillante donna in carriera sempre accondiscendente e premurosa; il bad boys, carcerato, con la sua bambolina/sacco da boxe, che viene minacciata di morte quando finalmente trova il coraggio di piantarlo; lo stalker folle, che come un’ombra malvagia segue l’ignara malcapitata, facendola oggetto delle sue pervers

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All in all a fantastic read despite some translation and formatting issues. I'll definitely be thinking about this one for a hot minute.

Pascal Engman About — Pascal Engman

The late Swedish author and magazine editor Stieg Larsson was the first to trace the expanding violence directed towards women in Sweden today and the first part in the notorious Millenium trilogy was published in Sweden under the title Män som hatar kvinnor which translates into English as Men Who Hate Women. The title is also applicable to Engman's novel as it features a wide variety of characters, their social status spanning from the most affluent to the destitute and homeless, who are narrating a story with multiple plot strands that unravels with a raw force, reminiscent of the best works by authors of the magnitude of Jo Nesbo and Lars Kepler. The main protagonist is Vanessa Frank who is assigned to the case of a femicide that took place in the Swedish capital and is initially perceived as the work of her boyfriend who may be incarcerated but at the time of the murder was free on leave from the prison. There are some references to Vanessa's previous case, the story of the first book in the saga (original title: Eldslandet) however Femicide can definitely be read as a standalone featuring a totally self-contained storyline. Perhaps, those who are familiar with the previous work would be more familiar with the characters of Vanessa and Nicola who are once more the duo of protagonists.Expressen tar nöjesreporter från Aftonbladet". www.dagensmedia.se (in Swedish) . Retrieved 4 August 2022.

Femicide (Vanessa Frank, book 1) by Pascal Engman

Both large and small publishers are represented on the longlist, with Orenda Books leading with three entries, and the breakdown by country is Sweden (5), Denmark (2), Norway (2), Finland (1), Iceland (1) and Switzerland (1), with translators Don Bartlett and Tara F Chace having translated two entries each. Il libro è ricco di citazioni legate al movimento Mee too e all’esistenza di oscuri gruppi antifemministi, che mirano a schiacciare e annientare la figura della donna. La trama è ricca di eventi, anche se a tratti sembra manchi qualcosa che possa davvero renderlo avvincente. A lungo mi sono interrogata su cosa mi suscitasse questo sottile mal contento e, mi dispiace ammetterlo, credo che le cause siano due. La prima è sicuramente legata alla narrativa nordica con le sue caratteristiche particolari, che non sempre riescono ad appassionarmi; la seconda è, a mio avviso, legata al sesso dello scrittore che, per quanto dimostri una certa conoscenza del fenomeno, non riesce a infondere nelle protagoniste del suo romanzo e nelle loro vicende quel quid in più, che solo una donna può conoscere, quel moto dell’animo così diverso dal sentire maschile.Each character is strong. My stomach literally churned reading the POV of the mac daddy incel. The whole rat thing... omfg... just these subtle additions is what makes scandi literature so great. They tend to be equally curt and creepy instead of overblown and melodramatic.