About the author

Jan Oskar Sverre Lucien Henri Guillou (Swedish pronunciation: [¹jɑːn ɡɪ¹juː], French: [ɡiju]; born 17 January 1944) is a French-Swedish author and journalist. Among his books are a series of spy fiction novels about a spy named Carl Hamilton, and a trilogy(+) of historical fiction novels about a Knight Templar, Arn Magnusson. He is the owner of one of the largest publishing companies in Sweden, Piratförlaget (Pirate Publishing), together with his wife, publisher Ann-Marie Skarp, and Liza Marklund.

Guillou's fame in Sweden was established during his time as an investigative journalist. In 1973, he and co-reporter Peter Bratt exposed a secret intelligence organization in Sweden, Informationsbyrån (IB). He is still active within journalism as a column writer for the Swedish evening tabloid Aftonbladet.

In October 2009, the tabloid Expressen accused Guillou of having been active as an agent of the Soviet spy organization KGB between 1967 and 1972. Guillou confirmed he had a series of contacts with KGB representatives during this period, he also confirms having received payments from KGB, but maintains that his purpose was to collect information for his journalistic work. The accusation was based on documents released from the Swedish Security Service (Säpo) and interviews with former KGB Colonel Oleg Gordievsky. In a later trial, Expressen denied having accused Guillou of having been a Soviet spy, claiming that this was a false interpretation of its headlines and reporting.

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Ægte amerikanske cowboybukser

Eric, tredje generation i familien Lauritzen, vokser op i 1950’erne. Det er en tid, hvor grunden bliver lagt til den svenske velstand. Et sønderbombet Europa skriger på svenske råvarer, men samtidig præges tiden af skrækken for atomkrig. For Eric er faren tættere på. Hans beskyttede tilværelse i Saltsjöbaden er ved at gå i stykker.  I den store forandring fødes også en ny ungdomskultur, og indflydelsen kommer ikke længere fra Europa, men fra Amerika. Eric trækkes med i fascinationen af alt det nye inden for musik, mode og film, og han har ikke bare held med det kunststykke at smugle den forbudte drik Coca-Cola til Sverige – han er også den første i klassen, der får fat i ægte amerikanske cowboybukser. ÆGTE AMERIKANSKE COWBOYBUKSER er sjette bind i Det Store Århundrede, Jan Guillous ­romanserie om 1900-tallet.
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Printed pages373 Sider
Publish date25 Oct 2016
Published byModtryk
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ISBN epub9788771466829
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