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The Troubled Man nominated for Best Novel
The very last novel in the Wallander series, The Troubled Man, has been nominated for Best Novel in the 2012 Barry Awards. In 2009 another Swedish writer, Stieg Larsson, won the award for his novel The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. Earlier winners of the Barry Award have been George Pelecanos, Dennis Lehane and Denise Mina.
The Barry Award is a crime literary prize awarded annually by the editors of Deadly Pleasures, an american publication for crime fiction readers. … Read more
The Troubled Man favourite crime book of the year
The Sunday Book Review in the New York Times has chosen The Troubled Man as one of the favourite books in the list of Notable Crime Books of 2011.
”The final exit of a beloved sleuth is the focal point of my choice: THE TROUBLED MAN. Henning Mankell makes it clear that his brilliant if chronically depressed Swedish detective, Kurt Wallander, has solved his last case. In the course of investigating a political conspiracy that dates back to the cold … Read more
The Troubled Man top ten in the US
Only two weeks after the release in the US, The Troubled Man is already on several top ten bestseller lists. The last novel about Wallander was #6 on the New York Times bestseller list, and #8 on Publisher’s Weekly. It also became #1 on the SoCal Indie Bestseller list 4/3.
More rankings for The Troubled Man:
#3 Copperfield’s 4/4
#3 Harvard Book Store 4/4
#3 Indiebound 4/3
#3 New Atlantic Indie Bestseller List 4/3
#3 New England Indie Bestseller List 4/3
#3 Northern California Indie Bestseller List 4/3
#3 Pacific … Read more
Henning Mankell signing books in New York
Henning Mankell on his US tour for The Troubled Man, signing books at Barnes & Noble, NY.
The very last novel about the pondering chief inspector Wallander was released in the US in the end of march. Henning Mankell will be touring the US between the 6th-11th of April, starting off in New York and finishing in San Fransisco.
The Troubled Man a bestseller in the UK
The last novel about inspector Kurt Wallander, The Troubled Man, hit #2 of The Sunday Times Hardback Fiction Bestseller list the 3rd April. The Troubled Man was released in the UK in the end of march and has recieved a great reception from the critics as well as the English-speaking public.
More reviews of The Troubled Man
The Troubled Man has been greeted with a warm reception, by the critics as well as the readers. Here are some newly published reviews in the US, the UK and Australia:
”The Troubled Man is a sorrowful – how could it not be? – but fully satisfying conclusion to a great series. No Mankell reader will think of missing it.” – The Living Scotsman
”To his fans this valediction will be greeted with sadness but … Read more
Interview in The Guardian and reviews for The Troubled Man
Mankell talks about Africa, the one thing he is afraid of and why it is so important that Wallander remains real in the Guardian.
” No one could imagine James Bond stopping to inject himself with insulin. That’s because James Bond isn’t real. So it’s important that Wallander has diabetes, he’s ill, his ideas progress, he has relationship problems. He changes, like we all do.”
To read the entire interview with Mankell in The Guardian, click here.
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Mankell about Wallander and extract from The Troubled Man
Mankell met up with The Telegraph in Antibes, France, to speak about his view on life, getting older and letting go of Wallander.
– I didn’t have any feelings at all, as far as I remember. I just accepted that now it was over and the next day I started writing something else, Henning Mankell says to the Telegraph.
To read the whole article, click here.
Click here to read the whole extract from The Troubled … Read more