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Jukebox

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Johnny hyr ut jukeboxar till konditorier och dansbanor på den svenska landsbygden. Det är tidigt sextiotal och både Johnny och hans kunder vet att tiden är ute, snabbköp och Melodiradion ska ta över, landsbygden tömmas och Elvis ska bytas ut mot Per Myrberg och "Trettifyran" eller nåt annat skit som inte Johnny egentligen vill ladda sina jukeboxar med.

Johnny vet innerst inne om att hans tid - och jukeboxarnas - är på väg att ta slut, det vet hans kunder också, men vem älskar sanningen? Johnny är en mjuk hårding med mörk bakgrund, många kvinnor men lite kärlek, och desto mer sprit. Men den ska det vara slut med nu. Detta är en stark roman om ett Sverige som är på väg att bli modernt.

Jukebox påminner i stämningen om Åkes tidigare bok, episodromanen Genomresa, men i Jukebox är väven mycket tätare, laddningen mycket starkare och satsningen mycket större.

Åke Edwardson är uppvuxen på det småländska höglandet och han känner miljöerna i Jukebox inifrån. Hans far var konditor och öppnade eget i Vrigstad. Där, i konditoriet, stod en jukebox.

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First published January 1, 2003

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Åke Edwardson

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Åke Edwardson is a Swedish author of detective fiction, and a professor at Gothenburg University, the city where many of his Inspector Winter novels are set. Edwardson has had many jobs, including a journalist and press officer for the United Nations, and his crime novels have made him a three-time winner of the Swedish Crime Writers' Award for best crime novel. His first novel to be translated into English, in 2005, was Sun and Shadow. The second, Never End, followed in 2006.

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* Inspector Winter

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September 25, 2017
Even though this book seems to be quite boring at the beginning, it really has some depth to it. Don't expect anything great or exciting to happen. It's pretty mellow, describing the life of a restless man. This book is perfect for those who are about to make some big changes in their lives. There are so many passages that trigger reflecting your own past and future. Figuring out who you are, what has happened to you and where you want to be in life are basically thoughts that are accompanying the protagonist. Plus the music facts on the side are really nice :)
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