White as Snow

"I remember reading this in the 80s. It was one of the few Scandinavian crime novels that I had read. At this time the whole crime scene was very political and Michelet was one of the left-wing writers. And I was surprised that it was not only left-wing but well-written as well. Because, I think that when you mix agendas it very seldom becomes good literature. There are many examples from the 70s and 80s of books that were political and not very good but this one was an exception. You see, what was going on in the 70s and 80s was there was an extreme left-wing movement in Norway, a big communist party which was popular with people in their early 20s and 30s. Many of the people who are in powerful positions in cultural life in Norway now were left-wing radicals during the 70s."