Let the Right One In

Oskar lives with his mum in a high rise building in the western suburbs of Stockholm. Its the early eighties and he likes listening to Kiss on his Walkman, solving puzzles - including the Rubiks cube - and pasting grisly murder stories from the newspaper into his scrapbook. A victim of bullying, Oskar doesnt have many school friends, but is interested in the strange new neighbour next door. Eli introduces herself but shes a little strange - she smells bad, doesnt feel the cold at all, even in November, and from time to time her hair has a lot of grey.Soon after Elis move to Blackeberg a childs body is found hanging from a tree. The media think a serial killer is wreaking havoc in the town and affecting everyones lives, but theyre wrong - its a vampire.This extraordinary and powerful novel is part horror, part comedy and mostly love story. A moving, affectionate and, at times, grisly portrait of the agony of growing up and finding love, Let the Right One In may be the most satisfying novel of the year.