The Resource Faceless killers : a mystery, Henning Mankell ; translated from the Swedish by Steven T. Murray
Faceless killers : a mystery, Henning Mankell ; translated from the Swedish by Steven T. Murray
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The item Faceless killers : a mystery, Henning Mankell ; translated from the Swedish by Steven T. Murray represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
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- Contributor
- Js_0yonretg
- Summary
- The murder of a farming couple in Sweden unleashes a wave of xenophobia when it is learned that the woman's dying words were "foreigner." The case is given to Inspector Kurt Wallender, a lover of opera and booze. Part crime story, part look at the attitude of Swedes to immigrants
- Language
-
- eng
- swe
- eng
- Edition
- 1st Vintage crime/Black Lizard ed.
- Extent
- 279 p.
- Note
- Originally published: [Stockholm] : Ordfront, c1991
- Isbn
- 9781400031573
- Label
- Faceless killers : a mystery
- Title
- Faceless killers
- Title remainder
- a mystery
- Statement of responsibility
- Henning Mankell ; translated from the Swedish by Steven T. Murray
- Contributor
- Js_0yonretg
- Subject
-
- Wallander, Kurt (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
- trueSenior couples
- trueBooks to TV
- trueMarital conflict
- Mystery -- Fiction
- trueMysteries
- trueMurder investigation
- truePolice -- Sweden
- trueScandinavian crime fiction
- trueDetectives
- Detective and mystery stories
- Police -- Sweden -- Fiction
- trueWallander, Kurt (Fictitious character)
- trueTranslations -- Swedish to English
- trueRacism in law enforcement
- trueSweden
- trueMurder
- trueImmigrants -- Discrimination
- trueXenophobia
- Language
-
- eng
- swe
- eng
- Summary
- The murder of a farming couple in Sweden unleashes a wave of xenophobia when it is learned that the woman's dying words were "foreigner." The case is given to Inspector Kurt Wallender, a lover of opera and booze. Part crime story, part look at the attitude of Swedes to immigrants
- Summary
- Inspector Kurt Wallander, a local Swedish police officer whose own personal life is falling apart, finds himself coping with a wave of anti-foreigner sentiment when he is put in charge of the investigation into the brutal murders of an elderly couple
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 008435
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1948-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Mankell, Henning
- Illustrations
- maps
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Murray, Steven T.
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Series statement
- Kurt Wallander mysteries
- Series volume
- 0001
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Wallander, Kurt (Fictitious character)
- Police
- Detective and mystery stories
- Mystery
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Faceless killers : a mystery, Henning Mankell ; translated from the Swedish by Steven T. Murray
- Note
- Originally published: [Stockholm] : Ordfront, c1991
- Control code
- ocm50228573
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Edition
- 1st Vintage crime/Black Lizard ed.
- Extent
- 279 p.
- Isbn
- 9781400031573
- Lccn
- 2002028805
- Other physical details
- map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)50228573
- Label
- Faceless killers : a mystery, Henning Mankell ; translated from the Swedish by Steven T. Murray
- Note
- Originally published: [Stockholm] : Ordfront, c1991
- Control code
- ocm50228573
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Edition
- 1st Vintage crime/Black Lizard ed.
- Extent
- 279 p.
- Isbn
- 9781400031573
- Lccn
- 2002028805
- Other physical details
- map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)50228573
Subject
- trueBooks to TV
- Detective and mystery stories
- trueDetectives
- trueImmigrants -- Discrimination
- trueMarital conflict
- trueMurder
- trueMurder investigation
- trueMysteries
- Mystery -- Fiction
- truePolice -- Sweden
- Police -- Sweden -- Fiction
- trueRacism in law enforcement
- trueScandinavian crime fiction
- trueSenior couples
- trueSweden
- trueTranslations -- Swedish to English
- trueWallander, Kurt (Fictitious character)
- Wallander, Kurt (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
- trueXenophobia
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