When the novel Assisted Living was published in 1992 under the pseudonym Nikanor Teratologist, it caused a scandal and quickly achieved cult status. Written in northern Swedish dialect and dotted with explicit violence, paedophilia, incest and racism, and also an almost comic-like literary density, the novel fascinated critics and readers alike. People speculated wildly about the true author until finally the young, almost unknown Niclas Lundkvist stepped out from behind the pseudonym. But what for a long time was seen as a radical, yet stylistically confident moral provocation appeared in a new light in 2016. Journalists uncovered a link between the explicitly neo-Nazi and very active online profile Ezzelino
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