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A commisioner of police like Durrenmatt in a distressing Sweden
Sometimes it happens: some “minor” literature books come out and astonish us as real masterpieces. “The man who smiled” is one of these. Mankell mix the story and the carachters realism up without being complicated. Moreover the setting is very original and good immaginated so that it becomes to be a proper carachter: we are immersed in the swedish richness, order and efficiency, but nevertheless it is a land permeated by a constant sense of desolation. On the contrary the novel is not distressing at all, but it counts on a close plot and on a good amount of action. Well, who said that action should stay only at cinema?
Daniele Caruso, Firenze, 20/11/2007
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The Man Who Smiled: A Kurt Wallander Mystery (Kurt Wallander Mysteries # 4) by Henning Mankell
sergiocaruso, November 21, 2007
A commisioner of police like Durrenmatt in a distressing SwedenSometimes it happens: some “minor” literature books come out and astonish us as real masterpieces. “The man who smiled” is one of these. Mankell mix the story and the carachters realism up without being complicated. Moreover the setting is very original and good immaginated so that it becomes to be a proper carachter: we are immersed in the swedish richness, order and efficiency, but nevertheless it is a land permeated by a constant sense of desolation. On the contrary the novel is not distressing at all, but it counts on a close plot and on a good amount of action. Well, who said that action should stay only at cinema?
Daniele Caruso, Firenze, 20/11/2007
(4 of 7 readers found this comment helpful)