History: Grandfather of a small Klara, Wallander has made his dreams: to live in the countryside with his dog.
After referring to the commissioner the cold war and a case of Russian submarines in Swedish waters, the stepfather of his daughter Linda, a former naval officer, disappears, then it's the turn of the stepmother .Suspicions of espionage. In favor of Russia? U.S.? Parallel to the Stockholm police and secret services, Wallander pursues its latest survey. He then started his own deep diving: the years passed and the women in his life parade. And the little Klara became his ultimate tag.
The author: Born in 1948, Henning Mankell divides his time between Sweden and Mozambique. Famous for its police officers, it is also the author of plays, books for youth and novels. Last published as: The Italian Footwear (Seuil, 2009).
Impressions: It's hard to classify this book among thrillers ... In the latest survey (well constructed) of his hero, the author takes a sort of diary of his anguish and depression that awaits the approach of old age ....
The hero is none other than Henning Mankell himself, is being weakened gradually have more and more health concerns, and sees the specter of Alzheimer lapping around him. Without falling into pathos and the sentimental, this book reminds us of the greatest weakness of modern man: a man who has lost meaning and hope. A man who, nearing its end does not know what to hang on ....
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