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De man die glimlachte : misdaadroman (1994)

by Henning Mankell

Series: Kurt Wallander (4)

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Fiction. Mystery. HTML:The #1 international-bestselling tale of greed, violence, and corporate power from the master of Scandinavian noir: "One of his best" (The Times, London).

After killing a man in the line of duty, Inspector Kurt Wallander finds himself deep in a personal and professional crisis; during more than a year of sick leave, he turns to drink and vice to quiet his lingering demons. Once he pulls himself together, he vows to quit the Ystad police force for goodjust before a friend who had asked Wallander to look into the death of his father winds up dead himself, shot three times.

Far from leaving police work behind, Wallander instead must investigate a formidable suspect: a powerful business tycoon at the helm of a multinational company engaged in extralegal activities. Ann-Britt Hglund, the department's first female detective, proves to be Wallander's best ally as he tries to pierce the smiling faade of the suspicious mogul. But just as he comes close to uncovering the truth, Wallander finds his own life being threatened.

In this "exquisitely plotted" thriller, Henning Mankell's mastery of the modern police proceduralwhich has earned him legions of fans worldwide and inspired the BBC show Wallander starring Kenneth Branaghis on vivid display (Publishers Weekly).

"This is crime fiction of the highest order." Publishers Weekly, starred review

"Compelling . . . Skillfully plotted and suspenseful. . . . A thriller for the thinking reader."
The Dallas Morning News

"Mankell's novels are a joy." USA Today

"Absorbing. . . . In the masterly manner of P.D. James, Mankell projects his hero's brooding thoughts onto nature itself." The New York Times

"Wallander is a loveable gumshoe. . . . He is one of the most credible creations in contemporary crime fiction." The Guardian.
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Title:De man die glimlachte : misdaadroman
Authors:Henning Mankell
Info:Breda : De Geus; 409 p, 22 cm; http://opc4.kb.nl/DB=1/PPN?PPN=23881887X
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The Man Who Smiled by Henning Mankell (1994)

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When I started the Wallander series, I absolutely loved the first book, liked the second a lot as well, but was a bit disappointed by the third. I am so happy that the fourth book lived up to my expectations again. I see that many other LT reviews are not that favorable, but I just devoured this book. I think that one reason might be translation - I read it in German, not in English, and I gather that some readers were dissatisfied with the English translation. The reason I point this out is that I just adored the language and style, and while I don't know the Swedish original, it seems that the translator, Erik Gloßmann, has done an excellent job. Reading this novel, I felt like I could just fall into the descriptions of the dark and wet autumn weather, the gloomy and desolate landscapes, the lonely country roads of Skåne.
The case itself is one that would usually not peak my interest - high finance, global companies, the world of lawyers and managers - it is something I do not care reading about. But in this case it did not bother me because Wallander is such a relatable character to me and I saw it all through his eyes. ( )
  MissBrangwen | Nov 26, 2023 |
Didn't like the audio part. Strange voices and mispronounced names. The story was good, but wrapped up very suddenly. ( )
  cziering | Nov 27, 2022 |
This series continues to have odd breaks from conventional mystery plotting that I'm not sure entirely work. In this case, the full nature of the crimes and the reasons behind them are all pretty clear by the half way point then it's a long slog of trying to prove it with precious little tension until the high-stakes finale. Mankell has previously had a tendency to bring in a witness with a remarkably detailed memory late in his stories but didn't this time, instead we get an expository speech almost worthy of a Bond villain at the end (with an appropriately unneccessary death trap being set up for our hero in the process). I like the prose, I enjoy the characterisation, I'm a fan of the series, but each individual installment keeps coming up short for me. ( )
  ElegantMechanic | May 28, 2022 |
Another solid mystery featuring Swedish detective Kurt Wallander. ( )
  usuallee | Oct 7, 2021 |
Our detective comes to the brink of deciding to quit being a policeman only to have his mind changed after the murder of a friend. He's back into the fray after a year and a half of being away on sick leave because of the mental stress caused by killing a man in his last case. He has a new colleague, a young woman just starting out her career. How do they link three murders and various other crimes to one of the most prominent men in Sweden? ( )
  Angel.Tatum.Craddock | Dec 17, 2020 |
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When Henning Mankell, the most famous Swedish writer since Strindberg, published the first Kurt Wallander mystery 14 years ago, he could not have imagined how successful they would be. In Sweden the series triumphed overnight; worldwide it has sold in excess of 20 million copies. British readers were slow to catch up.The Man Who Smiled is the fourth Kurt Wallander book, originally published in Sweden in 1994. It opens with a road accident in thick fog in which a solicitor crashes his car and dies.Questions of responsibility and morality, of justice and democracy are explicitly raised, which is unusual in detective fiction.Wallander, a sternly pensive slogger who eats junk food, is one of the most credible creations in contemporary crime fiction, and The Man Who Smiled is vintage Nordic storytelling.
added by vancouverdeb | editguardian.co.uk, Ian Thomson (Oct 23, 2005)
 
Doch dieser mit großen plakativen Pinselstrichen angelegte Fall will nicht recht überzeugen, weil Autor Henning Mankell zwischen den Zeilen allzu stark moralisiert und in der Harderberg-Figur einen geradezu dämonisch wirkenden menschenverachtenden Kapitalisten als überdimensionales Feindbild installiert.
 

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Gibson, AnnaTraductionsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Gloßmann, ErikÜbersetzersecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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"Vad vi har anledning att frukta är inte de stora männens omoral, men det faktum att omoral ofta leder till storhet." De Tocqueville
"It is not so much the sight of immorality of the great that is to be feared as that of immorality leading to greatness" Alexis De Tocqueville
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Dimman. Den var som ett ljudlöst smygande rovdjur, tänkte han.
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Fiction. Mystery. HTML:The #1 international-bestselling tale of greed, violence, and corporate power from the master of Scandinavian noir: "One of his best" (The Times, London).

After killing a man in the line of duty, Inspector Kurt Wallander finds himself deep in a personal and professional crisis; during more than a year of sick leave, he turns to drink and vice to quiet his lingering demons. Once he pulls himself together, he vows to quit the Ystad police force for goodjust before a friend who had asked Wallander to look into the death of his father winds up dead himself, shot three times.

Far from leaving police work behind, Wallander instead must investigate a formidable suspect: a powerful business tycoon at the helm of a multinational company engaged in extralegal activities. Ann-Britt Hglund, the department's first female detective, proves to be Wallander's best ally as he tries to pierce the smiling faade of the suspicious mogul. But just as he comes close to uncovering the truth, Wallander finds his own life being threatened.

In this "exquisitely plotted" thriller, Henning Mankell's mastery of the modern police proceduralwhich has earned him legions of fans worldwide and inspired the BBC show Wallander starring Kenneth Branaghis on vivid display (Publishers Weekly).

"This is crime fiction of the highest order." Publishers Weekly, starred review

"Compelling . . . Skillfully plotted and suspenseful. . . . A thriller for the thinking reader."
The Dallas Morning News

"Mankell's novels are a joy." USA Today

"Absorbing. . . . In the masterly manner of P.D. James, Mankell projects his hero's brooding thoughts onto nature itself." The New York Times

"Wallander is a loveable gumshoe. . . . He is one of the most credible creations in contemporary crime fiction." The Guardian.

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Sinopsis de la contratapa: Lo último que ha visto un abogado, antes de ser asesinado, es un muñeco del tamaño de un hombre atravesado en la carretera, donde se vio obligado a detenerse en medio de la espesa niebla. Este extraño comienzo, cargado de una atmósfera de misterio tan clásica, es el punto de partida de un complicado caso de delincuencia económica en las altas esferas.
Pero es también el inicio de un enfrentamiento cada vez más personal del inspector Wallander con un adinerado, sonriente y autoritario mecenas. Sintiendo a cada paso su vida amenazada, el inspector se ganará el respeto de su enemigo pero no se detendrá hasta borrar esa sonrisa de su rostro.
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