3.7
El hombre sonriente
En una noche cerrada, Torstensson, abogado, conduce inquieto su coche por una solitaria carretera. El hombre mira constantemente por el espejo retrovisor, tratando de descubrir si alguien lo sigue. Repentinamente, en medio del asfalto, una silla con un muñeco a escala humana, detienen bruscamente su desplazamiento. Es otoño y la niebla ha ido arrastrándose hasta las laderas de Brösap. Torstensson, aterrado, sale de su automóvil para ver de cerca el extraño juguete. Es lo último que se sabe hizo aquella noche. Poco después, el detective Wallander se verá inmerso en un complicado caso de delincuencia económica en que se encuentran involucrados personajes de la alta sociedad. La sensación de estar luchando contra un enemigo adinerado, un mecenas autoritario, y cuyo principal sospechoso esboza permanentemente una sonrisa amenazadora, dejan en el inspector la vaga impresión de que su vida corre peligro, poniendo a prueba la capacidad reactiva de Wallander.
FictionMystery & DetectivePolice Procedural
RELEASED2003
PUBLISHERTusquets Editores
LENGTH399
LANGUAGEES
Henning Mankell was born in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of a judge. He grew up in the towns of Sveg and Borås. His grandfather, also called Henning Mankell (1868–1930), was a well-known composer. At the age of 20, Mankell was the assistant director at the Riks Theater in Stockholm, and he was also writing. In the 1970s he moved to Norway, where he lived with a woman who was a member of the Maoist Communist Labour Party, although he never officially joined the Party. He moved to Africa and lived in several African countries, and in 1985 he founded the Avenida Theater in Maputo, Mozambique, where he continues to spend about half of every year. In 1997 he began his most well-known series of novels, a series of murder mysteries set in Ystad, Sweden, featuring the police detective Kurt Wallander. He also established a publishing house, Leopard Förlag, to publish young talents from both Africa and Sweden. He is married to Eva Bergman, daughter of Ingmar Bergman.
3.7
El hombre sonriente
En una noche cerrada, Torstensson, abogado, conduce inquieto su coche por una solitaria carretera. El hombre mira constantemente por el espejo retrovisor, tratando de descubrir si alguien lo sigue. Repentinamente, en medio del asfalto, una silla con un muñeco a escala humana, detienen bruscamente su desplazamiento. Es otoño y la niebla ha ido arrastrándose hasta las laderas de Brösap. Torstensson, aterrado, sale de su automóvil para ver de cerca el extraño juguete. Es lo último que se sabe hizo aquella noche. Poco después, el detective Wallander se verá inmerso en un complicado caso de delincuencia económica en que se encuentran involucrados personajes de la alta sociedad. La sensación de estar luchando contra un enemigo adinerado, un mecenas autoritario, y cuyo principal sospechoso esboza permanentemente una sonrisa amenazadora, dejan en el inspector la vaga impresión de que su vida corre peligro, poniendo a prueba la capacidad reactiva de Wallander.
FictionMystery & DetectivePolice Procedural
RELEASED2003
PUBLISHERTusquets Editores
LENGTH399
LANGUAGEES
Henning Mankell was born in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of a judge. He grew up in the towns of Sveg and Borås. His grandfather, also called Henning Mankell (1868–1930), was a well-known composer. At the age of 20, Mankell was the assistant director at the Riks Theater in Stockholm, and he was also writing. In the 1970s he moved to Norway, where he lived with a woman who was a member of the Maoist Communist Labour Party, although he never officially joined the Party. He moved to Africa and lived in several African countries, and in 1985 he founded the Avenida Theater in Maputo, Mozambique, where he continues to spend about half of every year. In 1997 he began his most well-known series of novels, a series of murder mysteries set in Ystad, Sweden, featuring the police detective Kurt Wallander. He also established a publishing house, Leopard Förlag, to publish young talents from both Africa and Sweden. He is married to Eva Bergman, daughter of Ingmar Bergman.
