The Man Who Smiled
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| The Man Who Smiled | |
 British first edition cover |
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| Author | Henning Mankell |
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| Original title | Mannen som log |
| Translator | Laurie Thompson |
| Country | Sweden |
| Language | Swedish |
| Series | Kurt Wallander #4 |
| Genre(s) | Crime, Mystery novel |
| Publisher | Harvill Secker |
| Publication date | 1994 (orig.) |
| Published in English |
September 2005 (Eng. trans. ) |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover, Paperback) |
| Pages | 336 pp (Eng. hardback trans.) |
| ISBN | ISBN 1843430983 (Eng. trans.) |
| Preceded by | The White Lioness |
| Followed by | Sidetracked |
The Man Who Smiled is a novel by Swedish crime-writer Henning Mankell, and is the fourth in the Inspector Wallander series, although it should be noted that the English translations have not been published in chronological order.
After killing a man in the line of duty (in The White Lioness), Inspector Kurt Wallander finds himself spiralling into an alcohol-fuelled depression. He has just decided to leave the police when an old friend approaches him for help investigation his father's suspicious death. Kurt doesn't want to know but when his friend is found shot dead, against his better judgement, Kurt returns to work to head what may now have become a double murder case. But while Wallander is on the trail of the killer, somebody is on the trail of Wallander, and closing fast!!
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