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MANKELL**, HENNING: : THE TROUBLED MAN. [Translated from the Swedish by Laurie Thompson. **]

LONDON.HARVILL SECKER,2011.

ISBN 9781846553714.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp. [Originally and first published with title 'Den orolige mannen',(2009): English translation by Laurie Thompson: 'The Troubled Man',2011.Complete number line 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3.] FINE/FINE-. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, matt,wrap-around monochrome photographic illustrated dw/dj with author's glossy,black-lettered name and glossy,orange-lettered title, flat printed capitalised,matt orange-lettered THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER legend at front's top edge,along with an adhesive circular colour photographic Kenneth Branagh as 'Kurt Wallander',with capitalised,THE BRAND NEW KURT WALLANDER MYSTERY legend within label towards front's top,fore-edge corner of dw/dj.Spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered author surnae name and title as the front's and publisher's black-lettered name and black illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with (6 ) critics' black+orange-lettered reviews.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners – top,front corner tip minisculely nicked+rubbed - but no other nicks,tears or splits present and merest hint of lean.Top+fore- edges bright,crisp and clean with minimal ageing/toning and without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – near pristine with no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean/unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt-lettered spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain black endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3-365pp [paginated] includes a Prologue,Pts 1-4 comprising 10 chapers each,and an Epilogue; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,2 epigrams [Graffitti on buildings in New York City],a Contents list/table,individual Pts separator pages,and to the rear,author's Afterword,and 8pp blanks.                                       Visually,the external appearance is still exceptional,and even internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of it's 10+ year-old age.It is only the minimal faults described that prevent a slightly higher grading overall. Despite that,it really is still an exemplary example for it's brightnesss,cleanliness and lack of other or age-acquired detracting faults commonly encountered in a book of comparable age.                                              Nordic noir,also known as 'Scandi' noir,is a  genre of crime fiction usually written from a police point of view and set in Scadinavia or the Nordic countries.Swedish writer Henning Mankell,has sometimes been referred to as "the father of Nordic noir".Henning Mankell's books on Kurt Wallander made the genre a mass phenomenon in the 1990s.The last 'Wallander' novel to be written by Mankell.                   British author Barry Forshaw suggested that Peter Hoeg's atmospheric novel 'Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow' was "massively influential" as the true progenitor of the "Scandinavian New Wave" and,by setting its counter-intuitive heroine in Copenhagen and Greenland,that it inaugurated the current Scandinavian crime writing wave. [See my book IDs'  rja1147824 and rja1147924 for examples of UK,8vo ['C' format p/back], Uncorrected Proof copies.]       Every morning Hakan von Enke takes a walk in the forest near his apartment in Stockholm. However,one winter's day he fails to come home. It seems that the retired naval officer has vanished without trace.Detective Kurt Wallander is not officially involved in the investigation but he has personal reasons for his interest in the case as Hakan's son is engaged to his daughter Linda.A few months earlier, at Hakan's 75th birthday party, Kurt noticed that the old man appeared uneasy and seemed eager to talk about a controversial incident from his past career that remained shrouded in mystery.Could this be connected to his disappearance? When Hakan's wife Louise also goes missing, Wallander is determined to uncover the truth. His search leads him down dark and unexpected avenues involving espionage, betrayal and new information about events during the Cold War that threatens to cause a political scandal on a scale unprecedented in Swedish history.The investigation also forces Kurt to look back over his own past and consider his hopes and regrets, as he comes to the unsettling realisation that even those we love the most can remain strangers to us. And then an even darker cloud appears on the horizon. The return of Kurt Wallander,for his final case,has already caused a sensation around the globe.'The Troubled Man' confirms Henning Mankell's position as the king of crime writing. Please contact the seller,particularly ALL overseas buyers,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes BEFORE placing your order, especially if ordering any multiples. N.B. 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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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