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.

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.

Coq Rouge

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Jan Guillou (f. 1944) er forfatter, journalist og debattør. Allerede som 22-årig jurastuderende opdagede Guillou, at ordet er et effektivt våben til at ændre verden, da han skrev en artikel om kostskolen Solbacka, der førte til skolens lukning. Guillou var et bombenedslag i skandinavisk litteratur, da han påbegyndte sin serie om det farligste våben, Sverige nogen sinde har haft: Carl Gustaf Gilbert Hamilton, bedre kendt som Coq Rouge, en hæsblæsende agenthistorie og en fortælling om en verden i konstant forandring. Senere har Guillou glædet sin store læserskare med de to populære historiske serier Korstogsserien og Det Store Århundrede.  


Modtryks krimiklassikere består af ti kriminalromaner, der hver især har været definerende for krimigenren, og som har sat et væsentligt aftryk på deres samtid. Serien er i flot lærredsindbindning og består af følgende ti titler: 
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Metropolis af Philip Kerr 
Rødhals af Jo Nesbø 
Roseanna af Sjöwall Wahlöö 
Mænd der hader kvinder af Stieg Larsson 
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Menneske uden hund af Håkan Nesser 
Coq Rouge af Jan Guillou 
Den døende detektiv af Leif GW Persson 
Solstorm af Åsa Larsson
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Edition8
Printed pages456
Publish date01 Sep 2022
Published byModtryk
Languagedan
ISBN print9788770077255