- The Abominable Man
Infobox Book
name = The Abominable Man
title_orig = Den vedervärdige mannen från Säffle
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author =Sjöwall and Wahlöö
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country =Sweden
language = Swedish
series = "Martin Beck" series
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publisher =Norstedts Förlag
release_date =1971
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pages = 194 pp
isbn = ISBN 91-1-715611-4
oclc = 13383505
preceded_by =Murder at the Savoy
followed_by =The Locked Room "The Abominable Man" ("Den vedervärdige mannen från Säffle") is a Swedish crime novel by
Maj Sjöwall andPer Wahlöö from1971 in the series revolving around police detectiveMartin Beck . One ofDonald Knuth 's favourite novels, "one ofSjöwall and Wahlöö 's brilliantly Swedish detective novels". [ [http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/retd.html Knuth: Retirement ] ]Plot summary
A senior policeman known for brutality is violently knifed while in his hospital bed. Within a 24 hour period, Martin Beck searches through the policeman's many enemies for the killer, for whom the murder was only a precursor to a
Charles Whitman -style attack on Stockholm.Characters and their development
Martin Beck and his now grown-up daughter Ingrid develop their friendship; they eat out together.
Film
The book was made into a film in
1976 , by directorBo Widerberg , renamed "The Man on the Roof " ("Mannen på taket").References
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