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Mankell Holic

I am just powering through the latest Henning Mankell book I have got my hands on – The Man Who Smiled. This is curiously out-of-sequence with others I have read as it is from 1994, but has only just been released in English.

For any reader unfamiliar with the work of this Swedish crime-writer and his Kurt Wallender novels, you can check out the Mankellholics Anonymous site.

The main attraction is a strong criminal investigation story, but the special appeal of this writer comes from the fascinating social commentary about contemporary Sweden that he weaves into his tales.

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Posted in General and Reviews 4 years, 2 months ago at 9:52 am.

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  1. Fascinating social commentary about Sweden? Has no-one told Polly Toynbee?

  2. :-)

  3. I have just started with book and also saw the website address mentioned and when I searched Google for Mankell Holics Anonymous it returned your site.

    unfortunately the website is now no more

    I have read all the books in sequence and hence I may be in need of treatment from the MHA site


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