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One night José Antonio Maria Vaz hears gunfire from the deserted theatre next door to his bakery. He races to the theatre's uppermost gallery, and there beneath him on a spotlit stage lies the wounded body of Nelio, a street urchin renowned for living on his wits. Gasping, the wounded boy asks to be taken to the roof to breathe the beautiful air fresh off the Indian Ocean. On that theatre roof, his life ebbing away, Nelio begins his story.
At the age of five, Nelio watched helplessly as his village was burned to the ground and his people were massacred by bandits. He escaped by chance; a man handed him a gun and ordered him to shoot another boy, but instead he turned the gun on the bandit and ran. He made his way to the coast, encountering en route bizarre characters who gave him guidance. Upon arrival in the city Nelio joined a rough street gang, and began a very different way of life.
Henning Mankell's Chronicler of the Winds is a dazzling new venture from the master of crime; a beautifully told fable of the African continent.
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"Mankell writes eloquently of the realities of poverty and violence without becoming sugary or didactic... an expert craftsman" -- Joanna Kavenna, The Observer
"Mankell... eloquently manages to convey the hardship of living rough on the streets... compelling reading..." -- Mike Gonzalez, The Socialist Review
"This is a deeply affecting read, one of those rare novels whose taste lingers for days afterwards" -- Sunday Herald, Barry Didcock
An elegant story about storytelling. -- Tristan Quinn, Literary Review
The best crime story ever written -- Seven, Sunday Telegraph, 9 April 06 - on Macbeth
"Mankell... eloquently manages to convey the hardship of living rough on the streets... compelling reading..." -- Mike Gonzalez, The Socialist Review
"This is a deeply affecting read, one of those rare novels whose taste lingers for days afterwards" -- Sunday Herald, Barry Didcock
An elegant story about storytelling. -- Tristan Quinn, Literary Review
The best crime story ever written -- Seven, Sunday Telegraph, 9 April 06 - on Macbeth
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- PublisherHarvill Secker
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 1860469906
- ISBN 13 9781860469909
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages240
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