Also read...

I've also just read 'Popular Music' by Swedish writerMikael Niemi. The book is set in the cold, backwards, arse end of Sweden, near the border with Finnland. It gives flashes of teenage life from the 60s onwards. The author manages to convey the tedium and boredom of small town life, and also the effect of ultra-macho lumberjack Christians on their children, who want to drink, screw and listen to rock and roll.
I should probably start a more critical scoring system or something, because I seem to end all my reviews by saying what great books they are... perhaps another time. Read this as well