The Assignment (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard) - Softcover

Wahloo, Per

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0307744760 ISBN 13: 9780307744760

Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, 2013

Synopsis

From Per Wahlöö--co-author with his wife, Maj Sjöwall, of the internationally bestselling Martin Beck series of mysteries--comes a novel about a political assassination in South America, and unassuming diplomat is chosen to take his place.

The Provincial Resident of a desolate province in a South America has been assassinated. When Manuel Ortega, a minor diplomat, accepts the appointment as the dead man's successor, it seems a foolhardy decision. From the day he assumes his post he is plunged into a violent, corrupt world, where two extremist political factions are at odds. Ortega is caught in the middle, surrounded by people he's not sure he can trust--his alluring secretary, the cynical chief of police, and the sullen bodyguards who try to keep the Resident alive. As the tension rises, Ortega must take action, but the question remains: what will he do?

About this title

Review:

"Per Wahlöö is the Godfather of Scandinavian crime fiction."--Jo Nesbø

"Per Wahlöö´s prose works with the same precision as the final round in an automatic weapon."--Göteborgs-Posten

About the Author:

Born in 1926, Per Wahlöö was a Swedish writer and journalist who, alongside his own novels, collaborated with his wife, Maj Sjöwall, on the bestselling Martin Beck crime series which are credited as inspiring writers as varied as Agatha Christie, Henning Mankell and Jonathan Franzen. In 1971 the fourth novel in the series, The Laughing Policeman, won an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America. Per Wahlöö died in 1975.

About this edition

• Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0307744760
• ISBN 13: 9780307744760
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256