The Man from Beijing (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)

by Henning Mankell

Other authorsLaurie Thompson (Translator)
Paperback, 2011

Publication

Vintage Crime/Black Lizard (2011), Edition: F First Edition Thus, 464 pages

Original publication date

2008

Status

Available

Call number

Fiction

Description

Hudiksvall, January 2006, police find eighteen people massacred in a small village. They think it's the work of a mad man but Birgitta and August believe they were killed by the same person who killed their mother.

Physical description

464 p.; 8 inches

Awards

Exclusive Books Boeke Prize (Shortlist — 2010)

Language

Media reviews

Mankell’s fierce instinct for social criticism is admirable. If only it didn’t sabotage the opportunity for old-fashioned whodunit delight.
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