Mankell Henning
Author
Publisher
New Press
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
On the rooftop of a theater in an African port, Nelio, a ten year old boy--"a leader of street kids, rumored to be a healer and a prophet and possessed of a strangely ancient wisdom--"tells his unforgettable story over the course of nine nights.
22) Daniel
Author
Publisher
The New Press
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
In the 1870s, Hans Bengler arrives in Cape Town from Sweden, driven by a singular desire: to discover an insect no one has seen before and name it after himself. But then he impulsively adopts a young San orphan, a boy he christens Daniel and brings with him back to Sweden--a quite different specimen than he first contemplated. Daniel is told to call Bengler "Father," taught to knock on doors and bow, and continually struggles to understand this strange...
23) The rock blaster
Author
Publisher
Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"The year is 1911. The young rock blaster Oskar Johansson has been killed in an accident. Or so it says in the local newspaper. In spite of serious injuries, however, Oskar survives. Decades later, Oskar looks back and reflects on his working life as an invalid, his marriage, his dreams, and his hopes. Oskar's life is woven together out of fragments of voices, images, and episodes that, taken together, provide a sharp and precise picture of life in...
Author
Series
Sofia (Henning Mankell) volume 1
Publisher
Annick Press
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Author
Series
Kurt Wallander mysteries volume 9
Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
27) El chino
Author
Series
Publisher
Tusquets Editores
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
Español
Description
In the Swedish hamlet of Hesjv̲allen, nineteen people have been massacred. The only clue is a red ribbon found at the scene. Judge Birgitta Roslin's grandparents, the Andrňs, are among the victims. The police insist that only a lunatic could have committed the murders. But when Birgitta discovers the diary of another Andrň that describes the cruel treatment of Chinese slave-workers, she is determined to uncover what she suspects is a more complicated...
29) Wallander: 3
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
In An Event in autumn, Wallander finds the remains of a young woman buried at the back of his garden. When another woman's body washes up on the shore, Wallander searches for the connection. In The Dogs of Riga, the corpses of two Latvian men, covered in mafia tattoos, are discovered in Ystad harbor. When Wallander travels to Riga in search of the killers, he becomes entangled in a web of corruption. And in Before the frost, a childhood friend of...
Publisher
British Broadcasting Corp
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
In The White Lioness, Wallander is drawn into the case of a missing Swedish national while attending a police conference in South Africa. The second film sees Wallander back in Sweden, where a woman's body is discovered half buried in the forest swamps. And in The Troubled Man, Wallander is in a race against time as he embarks on his final case - the disappearance of his daughter's father-in-law.
31) Roseanna
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
With a New Introduction by Henning Mankell. The masterful first novel in the Martin Beck series of mysteries by the internationally renowned crime writing duo Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö ("the best writers of police procedurals in the world"), finds Beck hunting for the murderer of a lonely traveler.
On a July afternoon, a young woman's body is dredged from Sweden's beautiful Lake Vattern. With no clues Beck begins an investigation
Author
Publisher
Grove Atlantic
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
Stories by Stieg Larsson, Henning Mankell, and over a dozen other masters of Nordic noir: “A wonderful collection” (Camilla Lӓckberg).
Ever since Stieg Larsson shone a light on Swedish crime writing with his Girl With the Dragon Tattoo trilogy, readers around the world have devoured fiction by Scandinavian masters of suspense. A Darker Shade of Sweden includes an assortment of outstanding crime...
Ever since Stieg Larsson shone a light on Swedish crime writing with his Girl With the Dragon Tattoo trilogy, readers around the world have devoured fiction by Scandinavian masters of suspense. A Darker Shade of Sweden includes an assortment of outstanding crime...
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