Return of the Dancing Master by Henning Mankell
Herbert Molin, a retired police officer, lives alone in a remote cottage in northern Sweden. Two things seem to consume him; his passion for the tango, and an obsession with the "demons" he believes to be pursuing him. Early one morning shots shatter Molin's windows...by the time his body is found it is almost unrecognisable. Stefan Lindman is another off-the-job police officer. On extended sick leave due to having cancer of the tongue, Lindman hears about the murder of his former colleague and, in a bid to take his mind off his own problems, decides to investigate. As his investigation becomes increasingly complex, it is with both horror and disbelief that Lindman uncovers links to a global web of neo-Nazi activity. Written with all the usual flair so highly commended by Mankell fans this intricate crime novel, with its cast of new characters, heralds the end of the Kurt Wallander Mysteries and yet, ultimately, it leads the story back to Wallander's Ystad where a new outstanding series of thrillers can begin.
'Mankell is by far the best writer of police mysteries todayHe is in the great tradition of those whose works transcend their chosen genre to become thrilling and moral literature' Michael Ondaatje 'Sweden's lord of criminal misrule at the top of his grimly engrossing game' Boyd Tonkin, Independent 'Questions of responsibility and morality, of justice and democracy, are explicitly raised. And this is unusual in detective fiction. Superbly translated by Laurie Thompson, I found this book a worthy successor to the Wallander whodunits' Ian Thomson, Sunday Telegraph 'The new cast are introduced with customary brilliance, and the political edge suggests a fine new direction from this immense talent' Scotland on Sunday 'Dancing Master is absorbing, chilling and dripping with evil atmosphere' The Times 'A worthy successor to the Wallander whodunits' Sunday Telegraph 'Mankell is the master of the slow burn, and The Return of the Dancing Master makes us crave more of his misty, haunted atmosphere' Boyd Tonkin, Independent 'Follows the Mankell formula but with a unique twist' London Review of Books
Henning Mankell was born in Stockholm in 1948. He is the author of many works of fiction, including the nine novels in the Kurt Wallander series. He has worked as an actor, theatre director and manager in Sweden and in Mozambique where he is now head of the Teatro Avenida in Maputo.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780099455462 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099455463 |
| Title | Return of the Dancing Master |
| Author | Henning Mankell |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2004-04-01 |
| Number of pages | 528 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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