The man from Beijing
The acclaimed author of the Kurt Wallander mysteries, writing at the height of his powers, now gives us an electrifying stand-alone global thriller. January 2006. In the Swedish hamlet of Hesjövallen, nineteen people have been massacred. The only clue is a red ribbon found at the scene. Judge Birgi...
Main Author: | Mankell, Henning, 1948- |
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Other Authors: | Landor, Rosalyn. |
Format: | Audiobooks eAudiobook Downloads eAudiobook |
Language: | English |
Published: |
New York :
Random House Audio,
2010.
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Edition: | Unabridged. |
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Online Access: |
Go to Downloadable Audiobook Here. |
Summary: |
The acclaimed author of the Kurt Wallander mysteries, writing at the height of his powers, now gives us an electrifying stand-alone global thriller. January 2006. In the Swedish hamlet of Hesjövallen, nineteen people have been massacred. The only clue is a red ribbon found at the scene. Judge Birgitta Roslin has particular reason to be shocked: Her grandparents, the Andréns, are among the victims, and Birgitta soon learns that an Andrén family in Nevada has also been murdered. She then discovers the nineteenth-century diary of an Andrén ancestor -- a gang master on the American transcontinental railway -- that describes brutal treatment of Chinese slave workers. The police insist that only a lunatic could have committed the Hesjövallen murders, but Birgitta is determined to uncover what she now suspects is a more complicated truth. The investigation leads to the highest echelons of power in present-day Beijing, and to Zimbabwe and Mozambique. But the narrative also takes us back 150 years into the depths of the slave trade between China and the United States -- a history that will ensnare Birgitta as she draws ever closer to solving the Hesjövallen murders. From the Hardcover edition. |
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Item Description: |
Unabridged. |
Physical Description: |
1 online resource (12 audio files) : digital |
Playing Time: |
15::2:5: |
Format: |
Requires OverDrive Listen (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive app (file size: 434553 KB). |
ISBN: |
9780307712387 |
Author Notes: |
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) |