Jens Lapidus
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==Life and career== |
==Life and career== |
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Lapidus was born into a middle class family in the Stockholm suburb [[Gröndal]], with a mother who was a social worker. His family is Jewish.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gp.se/kultur/lapidus-om-sin-senaste-j%C3%A4vligt-bra-objektivt-sett-1.4315310|title = Lapidus om sin senaste: "Jävligt bra. Objektivt sett"|date = 3 June 2017}} As a young man he was active in the [[Stureplan]] party scene, which plays a role in his novels.{{Cite web|url=https://forfatterweb.dk/oversigt/zlapidus00|title = Jens Lapidus}} He made his writing debut in August 2006 with ''[[Easy Money (novel)|Easy Money]]'', an account of the Stockholm underworld,{{Cite web |url=http://www.salomonssonagency.se/php/book.php?lang=en&bookid=78 |title=Book |access-date=2012-06-27 |archive-date=2014-02-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201230948/http://www.salomonssonagency.se/php/book.php?lang=en&bookid=78 |url-status=dead }} and the first of his ''Stockholm Noir'' trilogy. Two years later the second installment ''Aldrig fucka upp'' was published by [[Wahlström & Widstrand]]. A [[graphic novel]] with illustrator [[Peter Bergting]] ([[The Portent]]) entitled ''Gängkrig 145'' was published in May 2009. While this project does take place in the same universe as the novels, it is not the third part of the ''Stockholm Noir'' trilogy but rather a side story.{{Cite web|url=http://www.realtid.se/ArticlePages/200810/30/20081030160521_Realtid449/20081030160521_Realtid449.dbp.asp|title=Lapidus går över till tecknat|access-date=2009-01-07|archive-date=2008-12-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204030729/http://www.realtid.se/ArticlePages/200810/30/20081030160521_Realtid449/20081030160521_Realtid449.dbp.asp|url-status=dead}} The third part was published in 2011 with the title ''Livet deluxe''. In 2014 Lapidus published the novel ''VIP-rummet'' which is the start of a new series unrelated to his ''Stockholm Noir'' trilogy. The second part ''STHLM Delete'' was published in 2015. His writing has been compared to [[James Ellroy]]'s and [[Dennis Lehane]]'s. The third part ''Top Dog'' in the new series was published in 2017 (in English in 2018). Other books are the dystopia ''Paradis city'' and ''Mr Ett'' fourth book about Emelie and Teddy (Top Dogg trilogy) |
Lapidus was born into a middle class family in the Stockholm suburb [[Gröndal]], with a mother who was a social worker. His family is Jewish.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gp.se/kultur/lapidus-om-sin-senaste-j%C3%A4vligt-bra-objektivt-sett-1.4315310|title = Lapidus om sin senaste: "Jävligt bra. Objektivt sett"|date = 3 June 2017}} As a young man he was active in the [[Stureplan]] party scene, which plays a role in his novels.{{Cite web|url=https://forfatterweb.dk/oversigt/zlapidus00|title = Jens Lapidus}} He made his writing debut in August 2006 with ''[[Easy Money (Lapidus novel)|Easy Money]]'', an account of the Stockholm underworld,{{Cite web |url=http://www.salomonssonagency.se/php/book.php?lang=en&bookid=78 |title=Book |access-date=2012-06-27 |archive-date=2014-02-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201230948/http://www.salomonssonagency.se/php/book.php?lang=en&bookid=78 |url-status=dead }} and the first of his ''Stockholm Noir'' trilogy. Two years later the second installment ''Aldrig fucka upp'' was published by [[Wahlström & Widstrand]]. A [[graphic novel]] with illustrator [[Peter Bergting]] ([[The Portent]]) entitled ''Gängkrig 145'' was published in May 2009. While this project does take place in the same universe as the novels, it is not the third part of the ''Stockholm Noir'' trilogy but rather a side story.{{Cite web|url=http://www.realtid.se/ArticlePages/200810/30/20081030160521_Realtid449/20081030160521_Realtid449.dbp.asp|title=Lapidus går över till tecknat|access-date=2009-01-07|archive-date=2008-12-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204030729/http://www.realtid.se/ArticlePages/200810/30/20081030160521_Realtid449/20081030160521_Realtid449.dbp.asp|url-status=dead}} The third part was published in 2011 with the title ''Livet deluxe''. In 2014 Lapidus published the novel ''VIP-rummet'' which is the start of a new series unrelated to his ''Stockholm Noir'' trilogy. The second part ''STHLM Delete'' was published in 2015. His writing has been compared to [[James Ellroy]]'s and [[Dennis Lehane]]'s. The third part ''Top Dog'' in the new series was published in 2017 (in English in 2018). Other books are the dystopia ''Paradis city'' and ''Mr Ett'' fourth book about Emelie and Teddy (Top Dogg trilogy) |
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==Films and TV-series== |
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