Jens Lapidus
Encyclopedia
Jens Lapidus is a Swedish criminal defense lawyer
and author
, who made his writing debut in August 2006 with Snabba Cash, an account of the Stockholm underworld, and the first of The 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 May 2009. While this project does tie into his previous novels, it is not the third part of The Stockholm Noir Trilogy as some Swedish media has claimed.
His writing has been compared to James Ellroy
and Dennis Lehane
. Jens Lapidus lives in Stockholm with his wife, daughter and son.
Criminal defense lawyer
A criminal defense lawyer is a lawyer specializing in the defense of individuals and companies charged with criminal conduct. Criminal defense lawyers can be permanently employed by the various jurisdictions with criminal courts. Such lawyers are often called public defenders. For a much more...
and author
Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
, who made his writing debut in August 2006 with Snabba Cash, an account of the Stockholm underworld, and the first of The Stockholm Noir Trilogy. Two years later the second installment, Aldrig Fucka Upp was published by Wahlström & Widstrand
Wahlström & Widstrand
Wahlström & Widstrand is a Swedish book publishing company.Wahlström & Widstrand was established in 1885 by two book sellers in Stockholm, Per Karl Wahlström and Wilhelm Widstrand. The company started publishing fiction in the 1890s...
. A graphic novel
Graphic novel
A graphic novel is a narrative work in which the story is conveyed to the reader using sequential art in either an experimental design or in a traditional comics format...
with illustrator Peter Bergting (The Portent
The Portent
The Portent is a comic book by Peter Bergting, published by Image Comics. Bergting writes, draws and colors the comic himself. In a world set in its twilight days, the series follows Milo, a deeply troubled warrior, on his quest for redemption through a land beset by demons and the spirits of the...
) entitled Gängkrig 145 was published May 2009. While this project does tie into his previous novels, it is not the third part of The Stockholm Noir Trilogy as some Swedish media has claimed.
His writing has been compared to James Ellroy
James Ellroy
Lee Earle "James" Ellroy is an American crime fiction writer and essayist. Ellroy has become known for a so-called "telegraphic" prose style in his most recent work, wherein he frequently omits connecting words and uses only short, staccato sentences, and in particular for the novels The Black...
and Dennis Lehane
Dennis Lehane
Dennis Lehane is an American author. He has written several award-winning novels, including A Drink Before the War and the New York Times bestseller Mystic River, which was later made into an Academy Award-winning film. Another novel, Gone, Baby, Gone, was also adapted into an Academy...
. Jens Lapidus lives in Stockholm with his wife, daughter and son.
The Stockholm Noir Trilogy
- Snabba cashSnabba cashSnabba cash or Easy money is a Stockholm noir novel from 2006 by Jens Lapidus. It has been a success in term of sales, and the paperback was the fourth best seller of Swedish novels in 2007...
(2006) (English translation: "Easy Money") - Aldrig fucka upp (2008) (English Translation: "Never Fuck Up")
- Livet deluxe (June 2011) (English Translation: "Life Deluxe")