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Title details for An Event in Autumn by Henning Mankell - Available

An Event in Autumn

#11 in series

by Henning Mankell
Simon Vance
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After nearly thirty years in the same job, Inspector Kurt Wallander is tired, restless, and itching to make a change. He is taken with a certain old farmhouse, perfectly situated in a quiet countryside with a charming, overgrown garden. There he finds the skeletal hand of a corpse in a shallow grave. Wallander’s investigation takes him deep into the history of the house and the land, until finally the shocking truth about a long-buried secret is brought to light.
 
INCLUDES AN AFTERWORD BY THE AUTHOR

  • Creators

  • Series

    Kurt Wallander

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    August 12, 2014

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780804192705
      • File size: 94672 KB
      • Duration: 03:17:13

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Simon Vance echoes the weight of detective Kurt Wallander's world-weariness, disappointments, and regrets in his performance of this novella. Wallander is looking to buy a house in the country when he finds a body in the garden and a crime to solve. Vance gives side characters, such as Wallander's live-in adult daughter, Linda, bright, upbeat voices, delineating their personalities while adding depth to Wallander's feelings of disconnection and isolation as he explores the long and far-reaching effects of a violent act. The production concludes with an afterword in which Mankell reflects on his writing career. A serious, surprising mystery for fans of the series as well as those new to Mankell's work. A.F. © AudioFile 2014, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from August 11, 2014
      Set in 2002, this compelling short novel chronicles an episode in the life of Kurt Wallander shortly before the Swedish detective ended his career in 2011's The Troubled Man. Wallander, who shares his Ystad flat with daughter Linda, decides to look take a look at a house in the country owned by a colleague's relative. He discovers an abandoned farmhouse and, shockingly, "the remains of a human hand, sticking up out of the brown clay soil." The crime scene professionals who take over eventually discover two bodies, their identities completely unknown but foul play suspected. The search for what happened to the victims baffles and consumes Wallander, who observes, "The past has closed all doors behind it." The search for their names and fates propels the book, which has much to say about aging, history, and justice. Mankell's insightful afterword about the genesis of his hero and his initial decision to write crime fiction (to combat racism in Sweden) is a plus.

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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Languages

  • English

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