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L.A. Quartet influenced Stockholm Noir
Added by Media Influence Map · 5 October 2026
The evidence
Jens Lapidus has named James Ellroy as his model, and was called the Swedish Ellroy on publication: the clipped, staccato prose, the slang and the parallel criminal and police storylines come from the L.A. Quartet.
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