I'm Afraid I Didn't Really Like Caracas

What Do We Mean By 'crazy?' What Do We Mean By 'mad?' At What Point Is A Person Just Different And At What Point Can We Call It A Disease And Say That They Are Not Responsible For Their Actions? Or Are We All Slaves To The Chemical Processes That Go On In Our Brains?

Ever Since The '70s, Maj Sjowall And Per Wahloo Were The Godfathers Of Scandinavian Crime. They Broke The Crime Novel In Scandinavia From The Kiosks And Into The Serious Bookstores.

It Was As If The Demise Of The Owner Had Lent The Flat A Physical Void It Hadn't Had Before. At The Same Time He Had The Feeling That He Wasn't Alone. Harry Believed In The Existence Of The Soul. Not That He Was Particularly Religious As Such, But It Was One Thing Which Always Struck Him When He Saw A Dead Body: The Body Was Bereft Of Something...the Creature Had Gone, The Light Had Gone,there Was Not The Illusory Afterglow That Long-since Burned-out Stars Have. The Body Was Missing Its Soul And It Was The Absence Of The Soul That Made Harry Believe.

I Wasn't That Into Crime Novels At All, But A Friend Introduced Me To The Work Of Jim Thompson - I Loved All His Books.

Let Me Say Here And Now That Faith Has Never Done Me Any Good, Only Doubt. So That Is What Has Become My Testament.