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finds a job as a janitor in a school. Through his work he gets acquainted with many of the children and young adolescents, some of which come from
Stockholm's more troubled suburbs. Among them are Selma and Joppe, sister and brother. Later, after Saxon's retirement, Selma runs away from home and asks the former janitor for help and shelter. Her brother, who since he left school has been searching his fortune in the criminal world of the capital, has been found murdered. Selma's determination to find the murderer is as strong as Saxon's will to get to know young Selma under her tough surface.
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Ranelid tells his stories in a non-linear fashion, and the narrator travels in time as the plot goes on. From
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