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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Tyvenes marked

En række højst usædvanlige indbrud rammer Stockholms nyrige overklasse, og en gruppe erfarne kriminalfolk med politiinspektør Ewa Johnsén i spidsen bliver pludselig sat til at jage noget så banalt som tyveknægte. TYVENES MARKED er en kras og underholdende roman om de rige og mægtige, som tror, at deres rigdom gør dem usårlige. Om de unge og forkælede, som mingler med hel- og halvkriminelle på Stockholms in-steder. Og om et samfund, hvor småtyvene bliver straffet, mens storsvindlerne går fri. "Guillou hudfletter med denne bog sin samtid ved at kombinere journalistens tæft for tidens tåbeligheder med samfundsrevseren og romanforfatteren ... Det er hæsblæsende og underholdende. Michael Eigtved, B.T. At Guillou oven i købet kan indflette en eksotisk, men alligevel plausibel kærlighedshistorie i sin hæsblæsende, dybt seriøse, til tider helt brechtske tyvekomedie er utroligt, men så meget mere beundringsværdigt. Lars Ole Sauerberg, Jyllands-Posten ""Tyvenes marked"" er en fuldendt fortælling. Sarah Bøgh Thyssen, Dagbladenes Bureau
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Publish date20 Apr 2011
Published byModtryk
Languagedan
ISBN audio9788770534222