From one of Sweden’s most successful defense lawyers comes an unflinching look at Stockholm’s underworld, told from the perspective of the mob bosses, the patsies, and the thugs who help operate its twisted justice system. JW is a student having trouble keeping up appearances in the rich party crowd he has involved himself with. He’s desperate for money, and when he’s offered a job dealing drugs to the very crowd he’s vying for a place in, he accepts it. Meanwhile, Jorge, a young Latino drug dealer, has just broken out of jail and is itching for revenge. When JW’s supplier gets wind of Jorge’s escape, he suggests JW track him down and attempt to win his trust in order to cover more area in the drug circuit. But JW’s not the only one on Jorge’s trail: Mrado, the brutal muscle behind the Yugoslavian mob boss whose goons were the ones who ratted Jorge out to the cops, is also on the hunt. But like everyone else, he’s tired of being a mere pawn in an impossibly risky game, and he’s seeking to carve out a niche of his own. As the paths of these antiheroes intertwine further, they find themselves mercilessly pitted against one another in a world where allegiances are hard-won, revenge is hard-fought, and a way out of it all is even harder to come by. Fast and intricately paced, and with pitch-perfect dialogue, Easy Money is a raw, dark, and intelligent crime novel that has catapulted Jens Lapidus into the company of Sweden’s most acclaimed crime writers.
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"Great book. Read the Norwegian translation." — Mads (4 out of 5 stars)
"Great book. Read the Norwegian translation."
" Easy Money is a Swedish crime thriller based on the international best-selling novel Snabba Cash by Jens Lapidus. Good book -- look forward to seeing the movie Easy Money out sometime this summer. "
" Ok, but the build up through the book was a bit to long and the ending a bit to short. "
" found it too dark. Stylistically found that moving from moving from one character/perspective to another created a hostility toward the characters for me. Perhaps that was his strategy but it make the book difficult for me "
" Nice, expected a lot, was a bit disappointed, but still a good read! "
" So. Long. "
" Good read but could have used some editing to move the story along. "
" Clunky thriller where the good guys are bad, but not quite as bad as the bad guys. Really disappointing book. "
" Characters and situations are taken from American noir and gangsta books: seems like a translation of a translation, with same social problems in Stockholm as in L.A. "
" This was a little difficult to follow. It was a very wordy book and seemed to go around in circles. It was a good read though and I would read other books by this Swedish author. "
" Another brlliant book from Lapidus "
Jens Lapidus is a criminal defense lawyer who represents some of Sweden’s most notorious underworld criminals. He lives in Stockholm with his wife.
Bruce Turk is an actor who has appeared in television series such as Numb3rs, ER, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and Third Watch. Also a narrator, he has read numerous audiobooks, including Easy Money by Jens Lapidus and The Good Father by Noah Hawley.
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