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Man From Beijing
By: Mankell, Henning (Author), Thompson, Laurie (Translated by).
Knopf Publishing Group. Published: 01/02/2010. Audience Guide: General (US: Trade). Hardback. Sourced from U.S.A.
The acclaimed author of the Kurt Wallander mysteries now gives us an electrifying stand-alone thriller that takes off into a sweeping international drama. January 2006. In the Swedish hamlet of Hesjovallen, nineteen people have been massacred. The only clue is a red ribbon found at the scene. Judge Birgitta Roslin has particular reason to be shocked: her grandparents, the Andrens, are among the victims. The police insist that only a lunatic could have committed the murders. But when Birgitta discovers the diary of another Andren--a gang master on the American transcontinental railway in the nineteenth century--that describes the cruel treatment of Chinese slave-workers, she is determined to uncover what she suspects is a more complicated truth. The investigation leads to modern-day Beijing and its highest echelons of power, to Zimbabwe and Mozambique. But the narrative also takes us back 150 years, into a history that will ensnare Birgitta as she draws ever closer to solving the Hesjovallen murders. This is Henning Mankell at the height of his powers. Item Details
ISBN10/13: 0307271862/9780307271860
TITLE: Man from Beijing, The CONTRIBUTORS: Mankell, Henning (Author), Thompson, Laurie (Translated by) IMPRINT: Knopf Publishing Group PUBLISHER: Knopf Publishing Group FORMAT: Hardback PUBLICATION DATE: 01/02/2010
SUBJECT: Crime, Fiction, Crime, Adventure/Thriller/Spy PAGES: 384 AUDIENCE GUIDE: General (US: Trade)
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