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Spelet är spelet
Spelet är spelet är en skoningslös skönlitterär berättelse om utanförskap och samhällets hårda baksida, baserad på historier runt Leo "Kinesen" Carmonas liv. Leo har en bakgrund som kriminell och inifrån fängelset grundade han Sveriges mest kontroversiella hiphopband: Kartellen.
Det börjar med småbrott och bax, men leder snart in i det största gangsterkriget i Sveriges historia. 22-årige Carlos ville aldrig bli gangster, så hur hamnade han här?
Som pojke flyr Carlos och hans familj Pinochetregimen i Chile och tar sig till det löftesrika landet i norr. De hamnar i Jordbro, ett av Sveriges mest utsatta miljonprogramsområden, där drömmarna om det nya livet snabbt går i kras. Carlos hänger i centrum och på gatan och dras med tiden allt djupare ner i Stockholms undre värld. Vänner blir till fiender och plötsligt svävar Carlos i livsfara.
Men vad kan man göra? Spelet är spelet. Du vinner eller du förlorar. Det är bara att höja insatserna.
Det börjar med småbrott och bax, men leder snart in i det största gangsterkriget i Sveriges historia. 22-årige Carlos ville aldrig bli gangster, så hur hamnade han här?
Som pojke flyr Carlos och hans familj Pinochetregimen i Chile och tar sig till det löftesrika landet i norr. De hamnar i Jordbro, ett av Sveriges mest utsatta miljonprogramsområden, där drömmarna om det nya livet snabbt går i kras. Carlos hänger i centrum och på gatan och dras med tiden allt djupare ner i Stockholms undre värld. Vänner blir till fiender och plötsligt svävar Carlos i livsfara.
Men vad kan man göra? Spelet är spelet. Du vinner eller du förlorar. Det är bara att höja insatserna.
352 pages, Hardcover
Published August 1, 2017
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December 27, 2017
This was a really good book! I listened to the audiobook, and the reader was excellent to! Just enough dramatic punch in his voice for this story.
And it's a very violent one. Sadly not as fictional as we'd like it to be. I fear there are a lot of young men (and sometimes women) that live these violent lives in the areas in Sweden that are forgotten or feared. The so called no-go-zones. I work in one of them zones, and have never had any problems. But as is shown here, it's not the workers or the 'visitors' that should be afraid in these zones. It's those that live there. Which makes it even more sad and horrible.
Leo Carmona has grown up pretty much the same as the main character in this book. And I suspect he pulls a lot from his own experience. It's raw and tough to read. But good, and important to us that know nothing about the lives in these areas. We need to learn. And this book does that.
It would have gotten five stars if not for the ending. It was a bit to ambigous for me. Spoiler, but he didn't get caught nor did he get killed. So what does this tell the reader? That it is OK to live a life like this? So yeah, another ending and it would have been perfect. I did truly enjoy this book though, I will admit.
And it's a very violent one. Sadly not as fictional as we'd like it to be. I fear there are a lot of young men (and sometimes women) that live these violent lives in the areas in Sweden that are forgotten or feared. The so called no-go-zones. I work in one of them zones, and have never had any problems. But as is shown here, it's not the workers or the 'visitors' that should be afraid in these zones. It's those that live there. Which makes it even more sad and horrible.
Leo Carmona has grown up pretty much the same as the main character in this book. And I suspect he pulls a lot from his own experience. It's raw and tough to read. But good, and important to us that know nothing about the lives in these areas. We need to learn. And this book does that.
It would have gotten five stars if not for the ending. It was a bit to ambigous for me. Spoiler, but he didn't get caught nor did he get killed. So what does this tell the reader? That it is OK to live a life like this? So yeah, another ending and it would have been perfect. I did truly enjoy this book though, I will admit.
June 21, 2018
Helt ok
August 31, 2025
En riktigt bra bok om Stockholms två olika världar, där man får se båda sidor. Jag gillar hur man får följa karaktärernas barndom vid sidan av huvudstoryn, vilket gör att man förstår dem bättre.
February 16, 2019
Jag tog den på hyllan för deckare, men en deckare är det egentligen inte. Mer något slags soc-krim; en moderniserad "snabba cash" med verklighetsbakgrund. Den känns initierad och arg, och jag lär mej enorma mängder förortsslang... men mest fascinerad är jag ändå över den konsekventa beskrivningen av de dubbla världar som finns i Stockholm sida vid sida.
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