Henning Mankell was born in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of a judge. He grew up in the towns of Sveg and Borås. His grandfather, also called Henning Mankell (1868–1930), was a well-known composer. At the age of 20, Mankell was the assistant director at the Riks Theater in Stockholm, and he was also writing. In the 1970s he moved to Norway, where he lived with a woman who was a member of the Maoist Communist Labour Party, although he never officially joined the Party. He moved to Africa and lived i...
Faceless Killers
Faceless Killers
Synopsis
In a remote farmhouse near Skara, two people are brutally murdered: old man Johannes Lövgren is tortured to death and his wife Maria beaten nearly to death. When her dying words — "foreign" — leak to the press, it sparks racial tension throughout the town of Lunnarp. Detective Kurt Wallander must navigate both a case and a growing public hysteria as he investigates who was responsible.
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Kurt WallanderProtagonist
Maria LovgrenSupporting
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Edition
Faceless KillersPaperback, 2003
288 pages
Knopf Doubleday Publishing GroupLanguage: EnglishISBN: 9781400031573
