The man who smiled
A disillusioned Inspector Kurt Wallander is thrown back into the fray when he becomes both hunter and hunted. Crestfallen, dejected, and spiraling into an alcohol-fuelled depression after killing a man in the line of duty, Inspector Wallander has made up his mind to quit the police force for good. When an old acquaintance, a solicitor, seeks Wallander's help and later turns up dead, Wallander realizes that he was wrong not to listen. Against his better judgment, he returns to work to head what …
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- Full title :The man who smiled / Henning Mankell ; translated from the Swedish by Laurie Thompson.
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A disillusioned Inspector Kurt Wallander is thrown back into the fray when he becomes both hunter and hunted. Crestfallen, dejected, and spiraling into an alcohol-fuelled depression after killing a man in the line of duty, Inspector Wallander has made up his mind to quit the police force for good. When an old acquaintance, a solicitor, seeks Wallander's help and later turns up dead, Wallander realizes that he was wrong not to listen. Against his better judgment, he returns to work to head what may now have become a double murder case. A rookie female detective has joined the force in his absence, and he adopts the role of mentor to her as they fight to unravel the mystery.
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- Publication Date:2006.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Distributed by W.W. Norton, New Press
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2006.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource : : maps
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781595585806, 159558580X, 9781407017730, 140701773X
- oclc:ocn731987181
- LC Classification:PT9876.23.A49
- Dewey Decimal:839.7/374
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