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New Swedish Books 34 Meanwhile The normal way of
life in the neighbourhood becomes unsettled when the man in a family suddenly disappears without a trace. Rumours and speculations abound. Has he taken off or has he been killed? The event becomes the catalyst for all the conflicts that have been bubbling up beneath the surface of this nice suburban area. In Meanwhile Pelle Forshed turns his gaze towards the Swedish garden suburb and lays bare, with a gentle screwball humour, all the secrets and lies that hide behind the respectable fronts. Meanwhile takes most of its charge from the contrast between the darkness of the characters’ secret desires and Forshed’s clean lines and calm colour palette. It’s an acerbically funny depiction of the fissures in the self-image of the well-adjusted middle classes. Pelle Forshed (b. 1974) Meanwhile Publisher Kartago www.kartago.se Rights Kartago Thomas Olsson thomas@kartago.se Selected Works Tio år med Stockholmsnatt (with Stefan Thungren, 2015) De Anhöriga 2012 Photo: Kartago Förlag