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From Publishers Weekly
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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“Satisfying…. [Mankell's] Sweden, cold, isolated and brimming with disappointment--is as intriguing a landscape as Raymond Chandler's Los Angeles or Charles Willeford's Miami." --The Wall Street Journal
“Wonderful! Police procedural with personal texture.” --Associated Press
The wind died down toward evening, then stopped completely. Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Mind Boggling,
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This review is from: Firewall: A Kurt Wallander Mystery (8) (Paperback)
Firewall - rather a strange title I thought. Once more Henning Mankell kept me glued to the book - started it at 9 a.m., and finished it at 1 a.m. next morning. Luckily I had a free day. The story is fascinating, leading youfrom pillar to post and back. Seemingly unrelated incidents keep you guessing. Starting in Sweden, it travels to Luanda, capital of Angola. The various branches of the story do eventually come together of course. I hated to put the book down, it is so riveting, and hated tocome to the end. Another 'must' read.
5.0 out of 5 stars
As good as Sjoewall & Wahloo, and that's saying something!,
This review is from: Firewall: A Kurt Wallander Mystery (8) (Paperback)
Maybe it's not a coincidence that the best police procedural series since the Martin Beck series also comes from a Swedish author. These deliberate, dark novels are not to everyone's taste, but if you liked Martin Beck, you'll probably like Kurt Wallander.Firewall starts with two seemingly random events-- a reclusive computer expert drops dead in front of an ATM machine, and two teenage girls bludgeon and stab an elderly taxi driver to death. At first it seems that there couldn't possibly be any connection between the two, but the police investigation into the murder of the taxi driver is like kicking over an anthill. It seems as if a dozen incomprehensible things happen in rapid succession, including the killing of the prime suspect in the murder case. Inspector Kurt Wallander leads a dogged team of detectives in a search for the key to the baffling series of events, even though he has been accused of brutality toward a juvenile suspect and seems to be harboring a traitor among the cops on his team. These cops work long hours, drink endless cups of coffee, and stop for numberless hamburgers and pizzas. But they also have home lives, do their laundry, take care of their sick kids, and struggle with car repairs and getting their errands done. Wallander, a divorced man in his mid-50's with diabetes and an advanced case of loneliness, balances action with thought, not all of it pleasant or useful. His resemblance is Martin Beck is strong, but this cop and his colleagues operate without the black humor that made Sjoewall and Wahloo's novels so fascinating. If society looked hopeless in the 1970's, it looks much worse in the late 1990's, and Wallander and his fellow cops see enough brutality and senseless violence to make anyone a pessimist. The best thing is, however, that the story really works. After pages of relentless police work, including much attention to the efforts of a young hacker coopted to help the police break into a seemingly impregnable computer, the pieces start falling into place. The pace quickens, and the police keep getting closer, but
2.0 out of 5 stars
Gloom and depression,
By paul paran (bristol) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Firewall: A Kurt Wallander Mystery (8) (Paperback)
Slow paced, confused plot even at the end, but most of all too depressing. Inspector Wallander sobs and whimpers from beginning to end on his divorce (caused by his egocentric focus on career), friends who abandon him (one can understand why), colleagues who hide from him... And as an excuse he moans "o tempora, o mores", pretending that modern society is at the root of his own squallor.
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