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Niklas Natt Och Dag on his debut novel, The Wolf and the Watchman

Books and Authors

BBC

Society & Culture, Books

4.2824 Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2019

⏱️ 28 minutes

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My name's Katie Lecky and I'm an assistant commissioner for on demand music on BBC Sounds.

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The BBC has an incredible musical heritage and culture and as a music lover, I love being part of that.

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helping you nod off, boogie in your kitchen, or even just a moment of calm. And they're all put

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BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.

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An exploration of the things we inherit on today's open book,

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be it a profession, a reputation, or a famous name.

0:52.1

And we begin in 18th century Sweden.

0:56.4

Over recent years, literary trends have come and gone. But two mammoth genres, Scandinavian and historical fiction remain constants. No wonder then that a new

1:03.4

bestseller from Sweden sets out to combine the two in a story that's as dark as a Swedish winter.

1:10.2

The Wolf and the Watchman is the debut novel from Swedish author Niklas Notoch Doog.

1:15.8

It follows the investigation by an ailing detective, Cecil Winger,

1:20.0

and a battle-scarred, one-armed veteran of the Russo-Swedish Wars, Mikhail Cardel,

1:25.5

as they try to unravel the mystery of a mutilated corpse.

1:29.6

Titled 1793 in his home country, the book is an epic visceral portrait of a depraved society

1:36.8

and has sold a quarter of a million copies in Sweden alone, earning Niklaus the best debut prize

1:43.1

from the Swedish Academy of Crime Writers.

1:46.1

When we met, I asked him whether the ruse of combining historical fiction and crime was his first

1:51.8

challenge. It was my first challenge and it was a huge problem to everyone. There's a lot of

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