The Man Who Smiled (Thorndike Press Large Print Core Series) - Hardcover

Mankell, Henning

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0786293195 ISBN 13: 9780786293193

Publisher: Thorndike Pr, 2007

Synopsis

Spiraling into an alcohol-fueled depression after killing a man in the line of duty, Inspector Kurt Wallander has made up his mind to quit the police force, until an old acquaintance seeks Wallander's help to investigate the suspicious circumstances in which his father has died, only to end up dead himself.

About this title

Review:

Rather in the way that Dire Straits were the Trojan horse that kickstarted the CD industry, Mankell's novels became the standard bearer for foreign crime in translation...the writer is a man of rare skills...Plotting here is as impeccable as ever... (Barry Forshaw Daily Express 2005-09-23)

'one of his best' (Times 2005-09-24)

From the Publisher:

A disillusioned Inspector Kurt Wallander is thrown back into the fray when he becomes both hunter and hunted in this adventure from the pen of Sweden's master of crime and mystery.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thorndike Pr
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0786293195
• ISBN 13: 9780786293193
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 609