Let the Right One In

by John Ajvide Lindqvist · first published 2004

Let the Right One In (Swedish: Låt den rätte komma in) is a 2004 vampire novel by Swedish writer John Ajvide Lindqvist. The story centers on the relationship between a 12-year-old boy, Oskar, and a centuries-old vampire child, Eli. It takes place in Blackeberg, a working-class suburb of Stockholm, in the early 1980s. The book grapples with the darker side of humanity, including such issues as existential anxiety, social isolation, fatherlessness, divorce, alcoholism, school bullying, paedophilia, genital mutilation, self-mutilation, and murder.

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Genre:

Fantasy, Vampire fiction, Gothic fiction

Original language:

Swedish

Reader rating:

★ 3.7 / 5 (3 on Open Library)

Year page:

2004