The Return Of The Dancing Master

Henning Mankell, Laurie Thompson

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Vintage
03 August 2009

Fiction & Literature; Crime & Mystery; Fiction in translation

'Mankell is by far the best writer of police mysteries today. He is in the great tradition of those whose works transcend their chosen genre to become thrilling and moral literature' Michael Ondaatje

WINNER OF THE CWA GOLD DAGGER FOR SIDETRACKED

Herbert Molin, a retired police officer, is living alone in a remote cottage in the vast forests of northern Sweden. He has two obsessions- one is the tango and the other is a conviction that he is being hunted, constantly pursued by 'demons'. He has no close friends, no close neighbours, and by the time his body is eventually found, Molin is almost unrecognisable.

Lindman, a police officer on extended sick leave, hears of the death of his former colleague and, to take his mind off his own problems, decides to involve himself in the case. What he discovers, to his horror and disbelief, is a network of evil almost unimaginable in this remote district, and one which seems impossible to link to Molin's death.

By: Henning Mankell
Translated by: Laurie Thompson
Imprint: Vintage
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 32mm
Weight: 370g
ISBN: 9780099541882
ISBN 10: 0099541882
Pages: 528
Publication Date: 03 August 2009
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Henning Mankell is the prize-winning and internationally acclaimed author of the Inspector Wallander Mysteries, now dominating bestseller lists throughout Europe. He devotes much of his free time to working with Aids charities in Africa, where he is also director of the Teatro Avenida in Maputo.

Reviews for The Return Of The Dancing Master

Absorbing, chilling and dripping with evil atmosphere * The Times * Mankell is the master of the slow burn, and The Return of the Dancing Master makes us crave more of his misty, haunted atmosphere * Independent * A worthy successor to the Wallander whodunnits * Sunday Telegraph * The new cast is introduced with customary brilliance, and the political edge suggests a fine new direction from this immense talent * Scotland on Sunday * Compelling...there's no one better at the genre... His characters are his greatest invention * San Francisco Chronicle *