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Henning mankell, born february 3, 1948, stockholm, swedendied october 5, 2015, gothenburg, swedish novelist and playwright best known for his crime writing, especially for a series of novels featuring kurt wallander, the chief inspector of ystad police department. Ive read all the books several times and am finally starting to download them onto my kindle. Henning mankell audio books at simply audiobooks simply. Faceless killers 1991, henning mankell s first kurt wallander detectivepolice novel, opens with an aged swedish farmer waking up in the middle of the night on january 7, 1990 trying to dismiss his feeling that something dreadful has just happened. Faceless killers audiobook by henning mankell, steven t. Henning mankell audio books, best sellers, author bio. Henning mankell has 170 books on goodreads with 475528 ratings. Henning mankell, born february 3, 1948, stockholm, swedendied october 5, 2015, gothenburg, swedish novelist and playwright best known for his crime writing, especially for a series of. Oct 05, 2015 the author henning mankell, who died monday at 67 from lung cancer, came up with the idea for kurt wallander after he returned to sweden from africa in the late 1980s and was shocked by the racism.
Random house presents the audiobook edition of the dogs of riga by henning mankell, read by sean barrett. Henning mankell kurt wallander series 01 faceless killers mandie micaela. The young rock blaster oskar johansson has been killed in an accident. Having written 9 kurt wallander books, the troubled man, to be published in 2011 is said to be hennings last novel of the wallander series. His prizewinning and critically acclaimed inspector wallander mysteries have featured in bestseller lists all over the globe for many years. Audible provides the highest quality audio and narration. Every henning mankell fan missed his wonderful kurt wallender series after reading his grim and grimly political more recent work. Henning mankell kurt wallander series 01 faceless killers. He was the first winner of the ripper award and also received the glass key and the crime writers association golden dagger, among other awards. And however unlikely it may sound, it seemed to me that he died without once.
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