City in the World

Stockholmskällan describes the book's depiction of place as so central that Stockholm becomes "one of the book's true main characters".^[7] More broadly, Stockholmskällan characterizes Fogelström's authorship as one in which the city functions as a principal character and the City series traces Stockholm's continual transformation over time.^[3]

Gellerfelt has also noted the international outlook of Fogelström's city sequence, arguing that although the novels are strongly rooted in Stockholm, the outside world presses in ever more forcefully through war, politics and social change.^[8] That perspective is especially pertinent to the final novel, whose title and period setting place Stockholm within a wider post-war world.^[9]

The novel was originally published in 1968 by Albert Bonniers Förlag.^[6] Later editions have been issued by Bonnier. A 2007 edition is catalogued by the Swedish national union catalogue LIBRIS as published in Stockholm by Bonnier and comprising 308 pages.^[10] Bonnier Audio has also released an audiobook edition read by Helge Skoog.^[6]