The Man from Beijing
Originally published in Swedish as Kinesen in 2007.
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Synopsis
The Man from Beijing a new novel from Henning Mankell that is not connected to the Wallander series. The central character is Birgitta Roslin, a judge, who investigates the massacre of 18 people in a small village. Mankell has described the story as a look at China's impact on Africa.
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One cold January day the police are called to a sleepy little hamlet in the north of Sweden where they discover a savagely murdered man lying in the snow. As they begin their investigation they notice that the village seems eerily quiet and deserted. Going from house to house, looking for witnesses, they uncover a crime unprecedented in Swedish history.
When Judge Birgitta Roslin reads about the massacre, she realises that she has a family connection to one of the couples involved and decides to investigate. A nineteenth-century diary and a red silk ribbon found in the forest nearby are the only clues.
What Birgitta eventually uncovers leads her into an international web of corruption and a story of vengeance that stretches back over a hundred years, linking China and the USA of the 1860s with modern-day Beijing, Zimbabwe and Mozambique, and coming to a shocking climax in London’s Chinatown.
The Man from Beijing is both a gripping and perceptive political thriller and a compelling detective story.
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Kinesen | 2007 | N/A |
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The Man from Beijing | 2010 | Laurie Thompson |
 German |
Der Chinese | 2008 | Wolfgang Butt |
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De Chinees | 2008 | Corry van Bree |
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Film Information
Yellow Bird Germany is producing a film based on this novel.
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Kinesen |
Publisher: Leopard Förlag Format: Hardcover Pages: 582 ISBN: 9789173431705 Released: 2008 Status: In Print Markets: |
Bokus |
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The Man from Beijing | Publisher: Harvill Secker Format: Hardcover Pages: 368 ISBN: 1846552575, 978-1846552571 Released: 2010-01-10 Status: In Print Markets: |
Amazon.co.uk |
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The Man from Beijing | Publisher: Knopf Format: Hardcover Pages: 384 ISBN: 0307271862, 978-0307271860 Released: 2010-02-16 Status: In Print Markets:   |
Amazon.com Amazon.ca |
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Der Chinese |
Publisher: Zsolnay Format: Hardcover Pages: 603 ISBN: 3552054367, 978-3552054363 Released: 2008-May-19 Status: In Print Markets: |
Amazon.de |