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Populisten
The Populist
by Thomas Bodström
May 2013, 392 pages
Senior Editor: Eva Gedin
Option publishers:
Heyne, Germany
Pegasus, Turkey
EMPIK, Poland
The Populist
Disaster strikes as the Government Offices is
under a hacker attack, the entire country is on
the verge of a breakdown and it is up to Mattias
Berglund to save the day.
Populisten is the fourth and final book in
the series about attorney Mattias Berglund,
County Bureau of Investigation officer Susanne
Dahlgren and Minister for Justice
Gerd Lundin.
Mattias is newly divorced and has moved in
with Susanne, who has now made a career
and works as Gerd Lundin’s vice-minister for
justice. When defending a pastor who claims
to have been wrongfully accused of wifebeating,
Mattias begins, for the first time, to
have doubts about his profession. Things are
further complicated when another one of
his clients, a homeless drug addict, dies in a
mysterious accident. Gerd has an uncomfortable
feeling of being followed and Susanne
learns what it’s like when journalists mercilessly
pursue politicians.
When a government office becomes the target
of a hacker attack, catastrophe is a fact.
The entire country is on the verge of a breakdown.
Thomas Bodström’s track record shows great
versatility: Premier Division football player,
lawyer and Minister of Justice 2000 - 2006.
With unique insight into Sweden’s power
elite, Thomas Bodström gives us a sharp illustration
of a populism that is spreading
like poison in all quarters of media, politics
and the judicial system.
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