<Tr> <Th> ISBN </Th> <Td> 0 - 312 - 35529 - 7 </Td> </Tr> <P> Let the Right One In (Swedish: Låt den rätte komma in) is a 2004 vampire fiction novel by Swedish writer John Ajvide Lindqvist . The story centers on the relationship between a 12 - year - old boy, Oskar, and a centuries - old vampire child, Eli . It takes place in Blackeberg, a working class suburb of Stockholm, in the early 1980s . The book focuses on the darker side of humanity, dealing with thematically heavy issues such as existential anxiety, social isolation, fatherlessness, divorce, alcoholism, school bullying, pedophilia, genital mutilation, self - mutilation, and murder . </P> <P> The book was a bestseller in the author's home country of Sweden and was translated into several languages, including English . A Swedish - language film, Let the Right One In, directed by Tomas Alfredson, was released in 2008 . An English - language film adaptation based off the Lindqvist's screenplay titled Let Me In, directed by Matt Reeves, was released in 2010 . An English - language stage adaptation premiered in 2013 . American network TNT has ordered a pilot episode for a television series based on the novel . The series would debut in 2017 . </P> <P> In 1981 Blackeberg, Stockholm, Oskar is a 12 - year - old boy who lives with his mother, who is loving and with whom he initially seems to have a close connection . His father, whom Oskar visits occasionally, is an alcoholic living in the countryside . Because the boy is the victim of merciless bullying, Oskar has gained morbid interests, which include crime and forensics, and keeps a scrapbook filled with newspaper articles about murders . </P>

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