- Hardcover: 480 pages
- Publisher: Harvill Press (Jan 3 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1846553717
- ISBN-13: 978-1846553714
- Product Dimensions: 16.2 x 3.4 x 24 cm
- Shipping Weight: 699 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #271,364 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
A brooding type,
This review is from: The Troubled Man (Audio CD)
Henning Mankel's aging detective remains interesting around every turn. He has such intellect and hangs on to his dignity and day-to-day life only just. Finding an evil murderer is his main concern, life comes second, albeit it cruelly and fast. Kurt Wallender is a strikingly human guy...one that resembles the reality and complexity of modern life. I'll always have time for him.
4.0 out of 5 stars
The Bigger Things in Life,
By Ian Gordon Malcomson (Victoria, BC) - See all my reviews (HALL OF FAME) (TOP 10 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: The Troubled Man (Hardcover)
As usual, Mankell serves up another complex and thought-provoking story about crime in the Nordic world. What makes this novel extra special is that it is the last in the series. The reader gets to see Mankell wrap this intriguing tale up in heroic fashion, where his embattled creature, Wallander, finally ties up all the loose ends in his life his way. Wallander is not a man to be unduly influenced by how others would choose to have him respond to the issue at hand. He has to see it for himself. Once again, there is nothing impulsive about what he does to solve a crime - in this case, the disappearance of his daughter's in-laws - because he never does anything in a hurry or in isolation. Like some Viking warrior preparing for one more battle, the ever introspective and intuitive chief detective inspector Kurt Wallander is not just grappling with another formidable foe of unknown proportions: this time he's up against himself and his many personal issues related to ageing and death. It is obvious to his followers that this sixty-year-old man has far too much on his plate to handle - family, job, fading memories, personal conflicts, in addition to a very perplexing mystery - but true to form, he labors on because he is in touch with the pulse of life: the compelling need to know the truth. Once again, Mankell does an acceptable job of allowing the events of the story to be controlled by the main character himself. Nothing criminal will be settled in this novel until Wallander resolves the bigger matters that impinge on his personal wellness. There is nothing fast paced about anything Wallander does, and that, oddly enough, is his strong point. To those who think Mankell rambles a lot in this novel as in others, I suggest that this style effectively accommodates Wallander's need to search the greater realms for what speaks to true motive. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes mysteries that contain surprise endings, explore the human psyche as it relates to the commission of a crime, and deals with big issues along the way; in this case, a bit of a non-sequitur with American espionage in Scandinavian waters.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
I will miss Wallander,
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This review is from: The Troubled Man (Hardcover)
Mankell has gone into a lot of first rate detail about the aging Wallander's personality. Being about the same age as both the character Wallander and presumably the author I can relate totally to the fears of aging and death, the betrayal of the body and mind that eventually happens to us all, and focusing a lot on the past,be it good or bad. This makes Wallander so much more human than most characters in contemporary fiction.The story is also very well done, never drags and I will certainly miss Kurt Wallander.
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