Mankell came to my notice through a series of 10 novels by the Swedish husband & wife team of Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö and their wonderful creation Martin Beck. Wallender arrived then on our TV screens - first with Kenneth Branagh and later an original Swedish series. After all this, I had very high expectations for this book - though any Wallender would have suffered the same.
Thankfully, it did live up to expectations and closer to the Swedish series as well despite the gloss of the BBC productions. It was a very long read especially compared to the Martin Beck series but well worth it.
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