The last novel from international crime bestseller Henning Mankell. A brilliant and moving mystery set in the Swedish archipelago.
Henning Mankell (1948-2015) became a worldwide phenomenon with his
crime writing, gripping thrillers and atmospheric novels set in
Africa. His prizewinning and critically acclaimed Inspector
Wallander Mysteries continue to dominate bestseller lists all over
the globe and his books have been translated into forty-five
languages and made into numerous international film and television
adaptations- most recently the BAFTA-award-winning BBC television
series Wallander, starring Kenneth Branagh.
Driven by a desire to change the world and to fight against racism
and nationalism, Mankell devoted much of his time to working with
charities in Africa, including SOS Children's Villages and PLAN
International, where he was also director of the Teatro Avenida in
Maputo. In 2008, the University of St Andrews conferred Henning
Mankell with an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters in recognition
of his major contribution to literature and to the practical
exercise of conscience.
www.henningmankell.com
This strange, beguiling book...gives closure to a substantial
career without becoming maudlin or overly bleak. The waters around
Welin’s island may freeze in the winter, but there is human warmth
to be found in these pages, along with glimmers of hope and
consolation... The bell may have tolled for one of Scandinavia’s
finest writers, but his connection to those left behind is
unbroken.
*Guardian*
A powerful reminder that [Mankell] was also a literary writer of
considerable accomplishment... After the Fire is a life-enhancing
novel... a suitable final curtain for a much-missed modern
novelist
*i*
It is very moving and rather beautiful
*Sunday Express*
The novel’s atmosphere is bleak and elegiac, suggesting that
Mankell wrote it with his own impending death in mind
*Sunday Times*
After the Fire is full of regret, loneliness and the melancholy of
growing old, but there is also hope and love.
*The Times*
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