The Troubled Man: A Kurt Wallander Mystery: Henning Mankell - Softcover

Mankell, Henning

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9780099548423: The Troubled Man: A Kurt Wallander Mystery: Henning Mankell

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ISBN 10: 0099548429 ISBN 13: 9780099548423

Publisher: Vintage, 2012

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Title: The Troubled Man( A Kurt Wallander Mystery (10)) <>Binding: Paperback <>Author: HenningMankell <>Publisher: Vintage

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"It's an unforgettable finale . . . As satisfying for its emotional depth as its suspense . . . A gripping mystery."--"People "(four stars) "With his new Wallander novel Mankell ups his game and enters John le Carre territory. Not only does "The Troubled Man" widen the scope of the detective's investigations into the world of international geopolitics and the relationship of Sweden to the U.S. and Russia, it is a work of genuine heft and substance, a melancholy, elegiac book that is thoughtful and perceptive about memory, regret and the unfathomability of human nature . . . Marvelously astute about behavior and motivation, Mankell has created in Wallander a shambling central character whose unconventional personality is at least as compelling as the crimes he investigates . . . We can feel Mankell consciously saying goodbye to these people [from Wallander's past] and that he will regret not writing about them as much as we will miss reading about them. Which is more, really,

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The first new Wallander novel for a decade, the culmination of the bestselling series from the godfather of Swedish crime.

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