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So the time is probably right for The Pyramid, even though those of us who enjoyed putting out the word about Mankell will have to relinquish their proselytising role. Wallander first appeared in Faceless in 1991, when he was a senior police officer just out of his 30s and with his private life in chaos. The stories here describe his early years: the events, the people and the crimes that forged the man we first met in Faceless. We encounter Wallander as a beat cop attempting to crack a murder in his spare time; we follow him in his tentative first steps with Mona, the woman he has decided to marry (his wife, of course, had left him by the time of the events in that first book), and we are shown why his relationship with his father is quite so fractious. The elements that make the full length Wallander novels so successful are all here in microcosm: a cool, dispassionate treatment of crime, the understated evocation of the Scandinavian locales; and (best of all) the puzzling, fascinating character of the tenacious cop at the centre of the narrative.
Mankell fans may prefer the full-length novels (and not every piece here is vintage Mankell), but they will feel the need to catch up with the insights provided by these striking stories. --Barry Forshaw
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First American Edition. New York: New Press, 2008. First American Edition. 8vo. Hard cover, 392 pp. "When Kurt Wallander first appeared in Faceless Killers back in 1990, he was a senior police officer, just turned 40, with his life in a mess. His wife had left him and his father barely acknowledged him; he ate badly and drank alone at night. The five stories in The Pyramid chronicle the events that led him to such a place. We see Wallander in the early years, spending hours on the beat while trying to solve a murder off-duty. We witness the beginnings of his fragile relationship with Mona, the woman he has his heart set on marrying, and learn the source of the difficulties with his father. These thrilling tales provide a fascinating insight into Wallander's character; from the stabbing of a neighbor in 1969 to a light aircraft accident in 1989, every story is a vital piece of the Wallander series. "Mankell is that unusual thing: a European thriller writer whose work holds up as literature and who has broken out as an international phenomenon." NYTimes." A new book in a new dust jacket, protected with a mylar cover. Seller Inventory # KT-B634-01
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