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TextLanguage: English Original language: Swedish Publication details: New York : Vintage : Distributed by W.W. Norton, 2003.Edition: 1st Vintage crime/Black Lizard edDescription: 279 p. : map ; 21 cmISBN: - 1400031575
- 9781400031573
- Mèordare utan ansikte. English
- 839.7/374 21
- PT9876.23.A49 M6713 2003
| Item type | Current library | Home library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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| Standard Loan | Coeur d'Alene Library Adult Fiction | Coeur d'Alene Library | Book | MANKELL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 50610022582758 | |||
| Standard Loan | Hayden Library Adult Paperback | Hayden Library | Book - Paperback | MANKELL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 50610021800474 | |||
| Standard Loan | Pinehurst Library Adult Paperback | Pinehurst Library | Book - Paperback | MANKELL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 50610021800540 | |||
| Standard Loan | Rathdrum Library Adult Fiction | Rathdrum Library | Book - Paperback | MANKELL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 50610021800482 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE 'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME * The mystery thriller series that inspired the Netflix crime drama Young Wallander * From the dean of Scandinavian noir, the first riveting installment in the internationally bestselling and universally acclaimed Kurt Wallander series.
It was a senselessly violent crime: on a cold night in a remote Swedish farmhouse an elderly farmer is bludgeoned to death, and his wife is left to die with a noose around her neck. And as if this didn't present enough problems for the Ystad police Inspector Kurt Wallander, the dying woman's last word is foreign , leaving the police the one tangible clue they have-and in the process, the match that could inflame Sweden's already smoldering anti-immigrant sentiments.
Unlike the situation with his ex-wife, his estranged daughter, or the beautiful but married young prosecuter who has peaked his interest, in this case, Wallander finds a problem he can handle. He quickly becomes obsessed with solving the crime before the already tense situation explodes, but soon comes to realize that it will require all his reserves of energy and dedication to solve.
"The first Kurt Wallander mystery" -- Cover.
Originally published: [Stockholm] : Ordfront, c1991.
Wallender's personal life can occasionally seem more depressing than even a provincial Swedish detective should be asked to bear, but his investigative skills are strictly first rate. And Mankell's story of the brutal murder of an elderly farm couple uncovers an unusual aspect of life in modern Sweden--a streak of fear and prejudice against the many newcomers from Africa, the Middle East and Eastern Europe who have sought asylum there.
Author notes provided by Syndetics
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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