About this title: Mankell confirms his status as a writer deserving acclaim beyond the crime genre. By delving deep into the male psyche, he produces a novel as tense and compelling in every way as the Wallander series, but also powerful, moving, and ultimately tragic.
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Description: Good. 0099488655 Mass Market Paperback, Condition: Good; somewhat worn; some pages are wavy due to prior exposure to moisture; will work well as a reading copy. read more
Description: Very Good. 0099488655 Mass Market Paperback, Condition: Very Good; this book is in very good condition but does have some curve to the spine / reading creases to the covers. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New Press
Date Published: 2007-04-02
ISBN-13:9781595580894ISBN:1595580891
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. VG/VG. Very Good Hardcover book with Very Good Dust Jacket. Binding tight and straight. Pages clean and unmarked. read more
Edition: First edition. Advanced Reading Copy.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: New Press
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781595580894ISBN:1595580891
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Advance reading copy. Tiny fray on bottom of spine, small dent on back cover, one corner fold, else fine. Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New Press
Date Published: 2007-04-02
ISBN-13:9781595580894ISBN:1595580891
Description: Like New. Dust Jacket is in fine condition; in mylar cover. Tight Binding. Crisp Pages. Prompt shipping and quality packaging. Delivery confirmation. Please remember to leave feedback to help other customers purchase from quality sellers. I appreciate the opportunity to be your book provider and I hope you will choose 1Sock Books. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New Press
Date Published: 2007-04-02
ISBN-13:9781595580894ISBN:1595580891
Description: Very Good. Crisp, clean copy of British Hardcover edition (True First edition). Jacket shows mild wear, moderate at top edge. Very Good/Very Good- read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harvill Secker
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9781843432630ISBN:1843432633
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Description: Good. Ships from the UK. Missing front flyleaf Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Your purchase also supports literacy charities. read more
"I don't mind reading dark books. I don't mind selfish or depraved protagonists. What I do mind is writing that is not very good. Wasted, all that could have been done with the depth imagery, though perhaps it was mined to its fullness in the original. Maybe it's the translation.....But all those references to the stupid porcelain figurines, as overdone as the depths were underdone. And surely the translator didn't increase the mentions of those figurines, though perhaps was heavyhanded in dealing with them. Someone was!"
"This is a very gloomy story about a man who slowly becomes insane. It is set in Sweden during World War I and the sea is really another character in the book. The writing is excellent, but the topic is daunting."
"It wasn't until about 100 pages in that this book, one of Mankell's non-mysteries, began to absorb me. It's the story of a Swedish naval engineer at the outbreak of World War I who is sent on a secret mission to measure the depths of various sea channels so warships can safely navigate. He seems fairly normal at first, but in his relationships with his wife, a wild woman he meets on a desolate island, various colleagues, certain small animals, his father-in-law and others, we soon see that he is a man unhinged, morally depraved, perhaps evil. Mankell experimented with his style here - there are 206 chapters, some of them one or two paragraphs, which made it easier going in the beginning when I wondered if I could continue."
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