Kennedy's Brain
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Kennedy's Brain | |
Author | Henning Mankell |
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Original title | Kennedys hjärna |
Translator | Laurie Thompson |
Country | Sweden |
Language | Swedish |
Genre(s) | Thriller/Crime novel |
Publisher | Harvill Secker |
Publication date | 2005 (orig.) |
Published in English |
September 2007 (Eng. trans. ) |
Media type | Print (Hardcover, Paperback) |
Pages | 320 pp (Eng. hardback trans.) |
ISBN | ISBN 978-1-59558-184-6 (Eng. trans.) |
Kennedy's Brain is a novel by Swedish writer Henning Mankell, was released in an uncorrected proof in June, 2007 in an English translation by Laurie Thompson. It is scheduled for unrestricted publication in September, 2007.
With some elements similar to those of John le Carre's The Constant Gardner, Mankell's novel addresses the African HIV/AIDS epidemic, the pharmaceutical industry, and greed centered around the African epidemic.