Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist

Do some research on John Ajvide Lindqvist and you will sooner or later read that he is "Sweden's Stephen King." Probably sooner rather than later, given the long half-life of quotable blurbs. In fact, this is such a promising marketing label, that Lindqvist’s US publisher puts it on the back cover of Let the Right One In, the author’s debut 2004 novel.

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