Tuesday, 29 October 2013

Week 2 – “The Troubled Man”, by Henning Mankell



Week 2 – “The Troubled Man”, by Henning Mankell - 19.08.2013

“The Troubled Man” is the latest, if not the last, chapter from the Kurt Wallender series.

A highly-decorated Swedish naval officer, Håkan von Enke, disappears during his daily walk. For Kurt Wallander this becomes a very personal case as Von Enke is Linda Wallander’s father-in-law. The clues lead back in time to the Cold War and hired killers from Eastern Europe. Inspector Wallander suspects he has traced a big secret. This could be the worst spy scandal in Swedish history. At the same time, evidence suggests that Wallander is losing his memory. (Wikipedia)

I found this book to be both slow and fast in terms of pace, as in, the story itself took it’s time developing within the story, but I found it amusing that “months” could go by in only a few lines/paraghraphs. I was not familiar with the style of the author, but found the story interesting. Although it is the last book in a series of ten so far, I did not get the feeling that I needed to read the previous ones, so it stands alone well :D

This book was reffered to me by readers who love the author and this series in particular. I was “warned” about the “dark/heavy” tones in the story, but funny enough I did not get that vibe as such from the book when I read it. I thought the carachter was quirky and perhaps a bit depressing in him self, because he leads a somewhat lonely life, in a wet & cold country but all in all, I found him not void of humour to the outsider eye, if that makes sense. lol

I would definately be interested in reading another book in the series and perhaps a diferent one by the same author.

Henning Mankell – Sweedish writer

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