The Man Who Smiled: 4 - Brossura

Mankell, Henning

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1400095832 ISBN 13: 9781400095834

Casa editrice: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, 2007

Riassunto

Spiraling into an alcohol-fueled depression after killing a man in the line of duty, Inspector Kurt Wallander has made up his mind to quit the police force, until an old acquaintance seeks Wallander's help to investigate the suspicious circumstances in which his father has died, only to end up dead himself. Reprint.

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Recensione:

“Compelling . . . skillfully plotted and suspenseful. . . . A thriller for the thinking reader.”
—Dallas Morning News

“Mankell’s novels are a joy.”
—USA Today

“Absorbing. . . . In the masterly manner of P.D. James, Mankell projects his hero's brooding thoughts onto nature itself.”
—The New York Times

“Wallander is a loveable gumshoe. . . . He is one of the most credible creations in contemporary crime fiction.”
—The Guardian

L'autore:

Henning Mankell is the internatinally acclaimed, bestselling author of the Kurt Wallander novels.  Mankell's novels have been translated into forty-five languages and have sold more than forty million copies worldwide. He was the first winner of the Ripper Award and also received the Glass Key and the Crime Writers’ Association Golden Dagger, among other awards. His Kurt Wallander mysteries have been adapted into a PBS television series starring Kenneth Branagh. During his life, Mankell divided his time between Sweden and Mozambique, where he was artistic director of the Teatro Avenida in Maputo. He died in 2015.

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• Editore: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1400095832
• ISBN 13: 9781400095834
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 336