A postal office gets robbed, and cops Johansson and Jarnebring gets assigned the case. Soon after two witnesses are found dead. And thats just the beginning in a case that gets stranger and stranger, and seems to lead all the way up to the secret police and the Ministry of Justice.
Eight years after unleashing mayhem on the town in Mannen på Taket, Bo Widerberg returns to the mean streets of Stockholm. This time based on a novel (Grisfesten) by criminologist, mystery writer and professional pundit on all subjects Leif GW Persson.