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An original and breathtaking thriller surrounding one of the most important issues of our time, from internationally acclaimed and bestselling author Henning Mankell.
When archaeologist Louise Cantor’s son Henrik is found dead in his flat, she refuses to believe it was suicide. Despite traces of sleeping tablets in his system, several clues that only a mother knows lead her to believe something more sinister took place.
However Louise soon realizes that Henrik had kept many things from her and is shocked to learn he had contracted HIV. While looking through his papers, she discovers he was obsessed with the conspiracy theory that JFK’s brain disappeared prior to the autopsy—along with the vital evidence regarding bullet exit wounds. The only lead is a letter and photograph from Henrik’s girlfriend in Mozambique.
Louise’s quest to unravel the mystery surrounding her son’s death takes her to Africa, a continent rife with disease, poverty and corruption. Struggling to cope with the oppressive heat and sickness, Louise sees fear in every face, even unexpectedly in the clinics set up by an American businessman. In Kennedy’s Brain Mankell confirms his status as a master of suspense, and delivers a timely and riveting thriller that will have readers on the edge their seats until the very end.
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When archaeologist Louise Cantor’s son Henrik is found dead in his flat, she refuses to believe it was suicide. Despite traces of sleeping tablets in his system, several clues that only a mother knows lead her to believe something more sinister took place.
However Louise soon realizes that Henrik had kept many things from her and is shocked to learn he had contracted HIV. While looking through his papers, she discovers he was obsessed with the conspiracy theory that JFK’s brain disappeared prior to the autopsy—along with the vital evidence regarding bullet exit wounds. The only lead is a letter and photograph from Henrik’s girlfriend in Mozambique.
Louise’s quest to unravel the mystery surrounding her son’s death takes her to Africa, a continent rife with disease, poverty and corruption. Struggling to cope with the oppressive heat and sickness, Louise sees fear in every face, even unexpectedly in the clinics set up by an American businessman. In Kennedy’s Brain Mankell confirms his status as a master of suspense, and delivers a timely and riveting thriller that will have readers on the edge their seats until the very end.
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"Mankell is a powerful writer" (Independent)
"Mankell writes eloquently... an expert craftsman" (Observer)
"A tightly woven investigation into the state of civilization in the light of the AIDS epidemic. The ambition of the book is broad...his writing contains a strong sense of rage" (Times Literary Supplement)
"Written with Mankell's customary skill at creating tension and pacing a narrative" (Sunday Times)
"Inventive, funny and worryingly prophetic" (Tibor Fischer Guardian)
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"Mankell writes eloquently... an expert craftsman" (Observer)
"A tightly woven investigation into the state of civilization in the light of the AIDS epidemic. The ambition of the book is broad...his writing contains a strong sense of rage" (Times Literary Supplement)
"Written with Mankell's customary skill at creating tension and pacing a narrative" (Sunday Times)
"Inventive, funny and worryingly prophetic" (Tibor Fischer Guardian)
A fast paced international thriller - sure to delight fans starved of Wallander
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- PublisherRandom House of Canada Ltd
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 0676979181
- ISBN 13 9780676979183
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages328
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