The Return of the Dancing Master
- The Return of the Dancing Master
Infobox Book |
name = The Return of the Dancing Master
title_orig = Danslärarens återkomst
translator = Laurie Thompson
image_caption = British first edition cover
author = Henning Mankell
cover_artist =
country = Sweden
language = Swedish
series =
genre = Crime, Mystery novel
publisher = Harvill Secker
release_date = 2000 (orig.) & 2004 (Eng. trans. )
media_type = Print (Hardcover, Paperback)
pages = 466 pp (Eng. hardback trans.)
isbn = ISBN 1843430584 (Eng. trans.)
preceded_by =
followed_by =
"The Return of the Dancing Master" is a 2000 novel by Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell. It was translated into English in 2003 by Laurie Thompson, and won the 2005 Gumshoe Award for Best European Crime Novel, presented by Mystery Ink.
The central character of the book is Stefan Lindman, a young police officer with cancer, who investigates the murder of a retired officer. The plot explores the relationship between the German Nazi movement and the Neo-Nazis in modern Sweden.
A television adaption was produced in 2004 starring Swedish actor Jonas Karlsson as Lindman.
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