The Man Who Smiled: Kurt Wallander

The Man Who Smiled: Kurt Wallander

by Laurie Thompson (Translator), Laurie Thompson (Translator), Henning Mankell (Author)

Synopsis

After killing a man in the line of duty, Inspector Kurt Wallander finds himself spiralling into an alcohol-fuelled depression. He has just decided to leave the police when an old friend approaches him for help investigating his father's suspicious death. Kurt doesn't want to know. But then his friend is found shot dead. Against his better judgment, he returns to work to head what may now have become a double murder case. But while Wallander is on the trail of the killer, somebody is on the trail of Wallander, and closing in fast.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 448
Edition: TV Tie-In
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 31 Dec 2009

ISBN 10: 0099546353
ISBN 13: 9780099546351
Book Overview: One of the latest titles to be adapted for the award-winning WALLANDER television series, starring Kenneth Branagh.

Media Reviews
Mankell is one of the most ingenious crime writers around. Highly recommended Observer Absorbing, chilling and dripping with evil atmosphere The Times Impeccable storytelling Daily Express Superb Daily Telegraph The novels become a compulsion - one reads them all Daily Telegraph
Author Bio
Henning Mankell has become a worldwide phenomenon with his crime writing, gripping thrillers and atmospheric novels set in Africa. His prizewinning and critically acclaimed Inspector Wallander Mysteries are currently dominating bestseller lists all over the globe. His books have been translated into over forty languages and made into numerous international film and television adaptations: most recently the BAFTA-award-winning BBC television series Wallander, starring Kenneth Branagh. Mankell devotes much of his free time to working with Aids charities in Africa, where he is also director of the Teatro Avenida in Maputo. In 2008, the University of St Andrews conferred Henning Mankell with an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters in recognition of his major contribution to literature and to the practical exercise of conscience.