The missing piece of the internationally bestselling Kurt Wallander mystery series: the story of Kurt Wallander's beginnings. •The mystery thriller series that inspired the Netflix crime drama Young Wallander
Revealing a side of Wallander that we have never seen, the long stories collected in The Pyramid are vintage Mankell. Here, we see Wallander on his homicide first case as a twenty-one-year-old patrolman, as a young father facing unexpected danger on Christmas Eve, as a middle-aged detective with his marriage on the brink, as a newly separated investigator solving the brutal murder of a local photographer, and finally as a veteran detective, with his signature methodical and instinctive work style, discovering unexpected connections between a downed plane and the assassination of a pair of spinster sisters.
In these five riveting tales we watch Kurt Wallander come into his own not only as a detective but as a human being
"A marvel of spare, purposeful prose and artful storytelling."--St. Petersburg Times
"Excellent. . . . Sure to bring [Mankell's] fans stampeding back into the fold."--The New York Times
“Absorbing, chilling, and dripping with evil atmosphere.”–The Times, London
“Superb. . . .Mankell has mastered his craft."--Tampa Bay Tribune “A triumph. . . . Mankell’s quiet specificity is mesmerizing. . . . They are surprising small masterpieces.”–Times Literary Supplement, London
“No crime writer balances genre conventions with personal concerns as well as Mankell.”–Boston Globe
“Kurt Wallander remains one of the most impressive and credible creations of crime fiction today.” –The Guardian, London
“This book is Mankell in top form. . . . For Mankell/Wallander fans [it is] a must read.”–TheMidwest Review
“The Wallander series . . . [is] essential reading for all crime fiction fans, and this collection adds an indispensable chapter to the saga.”–Booklist
Henning Mankell’s novels have been translated into forty-five languages and have sold more than forty million copies worldwide. He was the first winner of the Ripper Award and also received the Glass Key and the Crime Writers’ Association Golden Dagger, among other awards. His Kurt Wallander mysteries have been adapted into a PBS television series starring Kenneth Branagh. During his life, Mankell divided his time between Sweden and Mozambique, where he was artistic director of the Teatro Avenida in Maputo. He died in 2015.
The missing piece of the internationally bestselling Kurt Wallander mystery series: the story of Kurt Wallander's beginnings. •The mystery thriller series that inspired the Netflix crime drama Young Wallander
Revealing a side of Wallander that we have never seen, the long stories collected in The Pyramid are vintage Mankell. Here, we see Wallander on his homicide first case as a twenty-one-year-old patrolman, as a young father facing unexpected danger on Christmas Eve, as a middle-aged detective with his marriage on the brink, as a newly separated investigator solving the brutal murder of a local photographer, and finally as a veteran detective, with his signature methodical and instinctive work style, discovering unexpected connections between a downed plane and the assassination of a pair of spinster sisters.
In these five riveting tales we watch Kurt Wallander come into his own not only as a detective but as a human being
Praise
"A marvel of spare, purposeful prose and artful storytelling."--St. Petersburg Times
"Excellent. . . . Sure to bring [Mankell's] fans stampeding back into the fold."--The New York Times
“Absorbing, chilling, and dripping with evil atmosphere.”–The Times, London
“Superb. . . .Mankell has mastered his craft."--Tampa Bay Tribune “A triumph. . . . Mankell’s quiet specificity is mesmerizing. . . . They are surprising small masterpieces.”–Times Literary Supplement, London
“No crime writer balances genre conventions with personal concerns as well as Mankell.”–Boston Globe
“Kurt Wallander remains one of the most impressive and credible creations of crime fiction today.” –The Guardian, London
“This book is Mankell in top form. . . . For Mankell/Wallander fans [it is] a must read.”–TheMidwest Review
“The Wallander series . . . [is] essential reading for all crime fiction fans, and this collection adds an indispensable chapter to the saga.”–Booklist
Henning Mankell’s novels have been translated into forty-five languages and have sold more than forty million copies worldwide. He was the first winner of the Ripper Award and also received the Glass Key and the Crime Writers’ Association Golden Dagger, among other awards. His Kurt Wallander mysteries have been adapted into a PBS television series starring Kenneth Branagh. During his life, Mankell divided his time between Sweden and Mozambique, where he was artistic director of the Teatro Avenida in Maputo. He died in 2015.
