The Eye of the Leopard - Brossura

Mankell, Henning

Brossura

ISBN 10: 030738585X ISBN 13: 9780307385857

Casa editrice: Vintage, 2009

Riassunto

Arriving in newly independent Zambia in the hopes of fulfilling a friend's missionary dream, Hans Olofson endeavors to make Africa his home while struggling with such past demons as his father's alcoholism and a friend's accident, efforts that are compromised by rumors of an underground army. Reprint.

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“Hans Olofson's life is told [with] heart-stopping tension.”
—Entertainment Weekly

“A thriller of the mind [and] chilling journey into the depths of fear, alienation and despair. . . . A white-knuckle page-turner.”
—The Independent, London

“Mankell at his best.”
—The Telegraph, London

"A beautiful, heartbreaking, yet ultimately hopeful coming-of-age novel."
—Booklist

L'autore:

Internationally bestselling novelist and playwright Henning Mankell has received the German Tolerance Prize and the U.K.'s Golden Dagger Award and has been nominated for aLos Angeles Times Book Prize three times. His Kurt Wallander mysteries have been published in thirty-three countries and consistently top the bestseller lists in Europe. He divides his time between Sweden and Maputo, Mozambique, where he has worked as the director of Teatro Avenida since 1985.

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• Editore: Vintage
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 030738585X
• ISBN 13: 9780307385857
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 336