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.

Ikke at ville se

4. Bind

Uden for Sveriges grænser buldrer den verdensbrand, som med tiden kommer til at hedde Anden Verdenskrig. Og snart er krigen ikke bare på vej til at splitte Europa, men også familien Lauritzen.

Familiens største indtægter kommer fra Tyskland ligesom Lauritz’ og Oscars svigerforældre. Men Tyskland har besat brødrenes hjemland, Norge. Lauritz’ ældste søn, Harald, er Hauptsturmführer i SS og stationeret i Oslo. Den ældste datter arbejder for den norske modstandsbevægelse, hans yngste søn er o­fficer i den svenske flåde, og den yngste datter er tilsyneladende en slags spion.

Hver gang det ser ud til at lysne, bliver det bare værre. Ikke engang i det idylliske Saltsjöbaden ved Stockholm, langt fra slagmarken, kan man længere beskytte sig mod mørket. Til sidst handler det kun om at overleve, fysisk og moralsk.

IKKE AT VILLE SE  er fjerde bind i Det Store Århundrede, Jan Guillous romanserie om 1900-tallet.  

“Ikke at ville se er seriens hidtil bedste og politisk mest nuancerede bog, og det er en lille genistreg, at Guillou vælger at skildre Anden Verdenskrigs begivenheder fra et svensk perspektiv.” Ekstra Bladet

“Guillou er en glimrende historiefortæller og mestrer som ingen anden antydningens kunst.” Nordjyske Stiftstidende

“Jan Guillou er en dreven forfatter, som skriver med vid, overblik og en letløbende fortællemåde.” Information

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Edition4
Printed pages352
Publish date18 Sep 2015
Published byModtryk
Languagedan
ISBN print9788771464122