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The man from Beijing

Hudiksvall, January 2006, police find eighteen people massacred in a small village. They think it's the work of a mad man but Birgitta and August believe they were killed by the same person who killed their mother.

Main Author: Mankell, Henning, 1948-
Other Authors: Thompson, Laurie, 1938-
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Swedish
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.
Edition: 1st North American ed.
Subjects:
Massacres > Fiction.
Serial murder investigation > Sweden > Fiction.
Women judges > Fiction.
Mass murder investigation > Fiction.
Revenge > Fiction.
Mystery fiction > Sweden.
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Summary: Hudiksvall, January 2006, police find eighteen people massacred in a small village. They think it's the work of a mad man but Birgitta and August believe they were killed by the same person who killed their mother.
Item Description: Originally published under title Kinesen : Stockholm : Leopard, 2008.
Physical Description: 365 p. ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 9780307271860 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0307271862 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Author Notes: Henning Mankell was born in Stockholm, Sweden on February 3, 1948. He left secondary school at the age of 16 and worked as a merchant seaman. While working as a stagehand, he wrote his first play, The Amusement Park. His first novel, The Stone Blaster, was released in 1973. His other works included The Prison Colony that Disappeared, Daisy Sisters, The Eye of the Leopard, The Man from Beijing, Secrets in the Fire, The Chronicler of the Wind, Depths, and I Die, But My Memory Lives On. He also wrote the Kurt Wallander series, which have been adapted for film and television, and the Joel Gustafson Stories series. A Bridge to the Stars won the Rabén and Sjögren award for best children's book of the year.

He was committed to the fight against AIDS. He helped build a village for orphaned children and devoted much of his spare time to his "memory books" project, where parents dying from AIDS are encouraged to record their life stories in words and pictures. He was also among the activists who were attacked and arrested by Israeli forces as they tried to sail to the Gaza strip with humanitarian supplies in June 2010. He died from cancer on October 5, 2015 at the age of 67.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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