ISBN |
9781910701775 (paperback) |
9781910701768 (hardback) |
Name |
Mankell, Henning, 1948-2015 author. |
Title |
After the fire / Henning Mankell ; translated from the Swedish by Marlaine Delargy. |
Published |
London : Harvill Secker, 2017. |
©2017 |
Description |
401 pages ; 24 cm. |
Notes |
First published with the title Svenska gummistövlar in Sweden by Leopard Förlag in 2015. |
"This is a freestanding continuation of Italian shoes, which was first published in 2006. This narrative takes place eight years later." --Page [vii]. |
Summary |
Fredrik Welin is a seventy-year-old retired doctor. Years ago he retreated to the Swedish archipelago, where he lives alone on an island. He swims in the sea every day, cutting a hole in the ice if necessary. He lives a quiet life. Until he wakes up one night to find his house on fire. Fredrik escapes just in time, wearing two left-footed wellies, as neighbouring islanders arrive to help douse the flames. All that remains in the morning is a stinking ruin and evidence of arson. The house that has been in his family for generations and all his worldly belongings are gone. He cannot think who would do such a thing, or why. Without a suspect, the police begin to think he started the fire himself. Tackling love, loss and loneliness, After the Fire is Henning Mankell's compelling last novel. |
Language note |
Translated from the Swedish. |
Subjects |
Retirees -- Fiction |
Arson investigation -- Fiction |
Reminiscing in old age -- Fiction |
Older men -- Fiction |
Fires -- Fiction |
Genre |
Detective and mystery fiction |
Other Names |
Delargy, Marlaine translator. |
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