After the fire / Henning Mankell ; translated from the Swedish by Marlaine Delargy.
Publication details: London, England : Harvill Secker, 2017.Description: 401 pages ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781910701775 (pbk.)
- 1910701777 (pbk.)
- 839.738 23
- Winner 2018 CWA International Dagger Award.
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
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Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Fiction - Crime | MAN | Available | 066868 |
"This is a freestanding continuation of Italian shoes, which was first published in 2006. This narrative takes place eight years later"--page [vii].
Fredrik Welin is a seventy-year-old retired doctor. Years ago he retreated to the Swedish archipelago, where he lives alone on an island. He swims in the sea every day, cutting a hole in the ice if necessary. He lives a quiet life. Until he wakes up one night to find his house on fire. Fredrik escapes just in time, wearing two left-footed wellies, as neighbouring islanders arrive to help douse the flames. All that remains in the morning is a stinking ruin and evidence of arson. The house that has been in his family for generations and all his worldly belongings are gone. He cannot think who would do such a thing, or why. Without a suspect, the police begin to think he started the fire himself. Tackling love, loss and loneliness, After the Fire is Henning Mankell's compelling last novel.
Winner 2018 CWA International Dagger Award.