Fall of man in Wilmslow
Leonard Corell, a detective sergeant in the sleepy town of Wilmslow, is disillusioned with his lot. Trapped between professional stagnation and personal repression, he can't even work up the courage to ask out Julie, the pretty assistant at the tailor's. Tasked with investigating the suici...
| Main Author: | Lagercrantz, David (Author) |
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| Other Authors: | Lee, John Rafter (Narrator) |
| Format: | Audiobooks Audiobook (CD) |
| Language: | English Swedish |
| Published: |
[Westminster, MD] : New York :
Books on Tape ; Penguin Random House Audio,
[2016]
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| Edition: | Unabridged. |
| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
Leonard Corell, a detective sergeant in the sleepy town of Wilmslow, is disillusioned with his lot. Trapped between professional stagnation and personal repression, he can't even work up the courage to ask out Julie, the pretty assistant at the tailor's. Tasked with investigating the suicide of a local recluse, Alan Turing, Corell is torn between admiration for the dead man's genius and disgust for his sexuality. In the face of opposition from his superiors, Corell continues to investigate the open-and-shut case, stumbling across forbidden knowledge about the marvels of Bletchley Park, and the horrors of its hero's downfall. As this succession of remarkable discoveries drives Corell to examine his own prejudice, he is rocked by two startling developments. His much-loved Aunt Vicky is exposed as a lesbian, and his increasingly hostile bosses are demanding he investigate rumours of homosexual activity in Wilmslow. To make matters worse, it seems Corell's questions might be answered sooner than he imagined... |
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| Item Description: |
Title from label. Compact disc. Originally published as "Syndafall i Wilmslow." |
| Physical Description: |
10 sound discs (12 hr., 29 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time: |
12:29:00 |
| ISBN: |
9780735208940 0735208948 9780735208926 0735208921 |
| Author Notes: |
His first book, Ultimate High, was published in 1997. His other works include A Swedish Genius, The Sky over Everest, Fall of Man in Wilmslow, and I am Zlatan Ibrahimovic. A Swedish Genius provided inspiration for the critically acclaimed documentary film Patent 986. In 2013, Lagercrantz was selected to write a new instalment in Stieg Larsson's Millennium series. The Girl in the Spider's Web was published in 2015. It was followed by The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye, published in 2017. (Bowker Author Biography) |