Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Organised crime is widespread in Malmö. As the winter gives way to pleasant weather, his mood improves: He's no longer estranged from his daughter; he is no longer upset about the divorce, and is finally able to solve the murder. But there’s an extent to which everyone is faceless, here. Henning Mankell, “Faceless Killers” (1991) (translated from the Swedish by Steven Murray) – Well, SPOILER ALERT, the killers are indeed faceless. i enjoyed reading this , it took me 3 days with all my work... thrilling, trying to guess... and finally...finding.... i hope to read moroe bookks from him. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages that interest you. Henning Mankell's Faceless Killers brings to life Kurt Wallander, a detective in a small town in the south of Sweden who, on a frozen January morning, comes face to face with the grisly murder of an elderly farm couple. Henning Mankell brings Kurt Wallander to life as a policeman who has feelings, failures, and passion for the truth. His mood matches the gloomy weather: He is estranged from his daughter, his wife is divorcing him, and he drinks too much. The first I really liked so was eager to follow up with a second. The story seems to be set at the time when that region in Sweden experiences anxiety regarding the future “modernisation” of the region and about migrants arriving, and what it all will mean to the past modes of life. N. B. Liked it. He is a detective superstar with a chipped tooth. In the farming town of Lenarp, there has been a brutal assault against an elderly couple.

Upon the finding of the murder, the investigation then uncovers all these strange clues and we start to wonder whether there is more to the victims than appears at first glance. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. It seems that the case is being solved solely on the basis of unexpected case breakthroughs, rather than due to any input (or skill) from Wallander, our investigation hero. Please do not use ALL CAPS. Having seen one of the Kenneth Branagh dramatizations on PBS, I was hoping for more humanism in the writing. Series: Kurt Wallander. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in, Reviewed in the United States on November 4, 2016, Henning Mankell wrote exquisite noir mysteries!
REVIEW: Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell (Kurt Wallander #2) January 9, 2016 January 10, 2016 by thecrimereviewadmin.

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Change ), “The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched, they are felt with the heart.” Antoine de Saint-Exupery, “Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.” Albert Camus, “The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. Unauthorised use and/or duplication of any text on this website without express and written permission from this site’s author is strictly prohibited. But it never matches up” [Mankell, 1991/1997: 283], and “justice doesn’t only mean that the people who commit crimes are punished.

Faceless Killers › Customer reviews; Customer reviews. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2015. ( Log Out /  Mr. Mankell's first novel to be published in English is a great portent of what will follow afterward.

With words he can immerse us into Sweden's winter gloom, make us shiver and actually become as, Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2016. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. Yet through it all, Wallander managers to stay focused on a long investigation that takes months and a lot of effort to solve. Would not recommend this book but may give author a second chance. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. Wallander is a very imperfect character.