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The Man Who Smiled
British first edition coverAuthor(s) Henning Mankell 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
EnglishSeptember 2005 (Eng. trans. ) Media type Print (Hardcover, Paperback) Pages 336 pp (Eng. hardback trans.) ISBN ISBN 1843430983 (Eng. trans.) OCLC Number 60513794 Preceded by The White Lioness Followed by Sidetracked The Man Who Smiled (original: Mannen som log) is a novel by Swedish crime-writer Henning Mankell, and is the fourth in the Inspector Wallander series, although the English translations have not been published in chronological order.
Synopsis
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, Sten Torstensson, approaches him to secretly investigate the recent death of his father in a car accident. At first Kurt dismisses his friend's suspicions as unlikely, when Sten is found dead, murdered with no doubt, in exactly the same manner as a Norwegian businessman shortly before. Against his previous judgement, Kurt returns to work to investigate what he is convinced is a case of double murder.
Adaptations
In 2003, The Man Who Smiled was adapted by Swedish public broadcaster Sveriges Television into a two-hour television movie, starring Rolf Lassgård as Wallander. The Man Who Smiled has also been adapted into a 90-minute television episode for the BBC's Wallander series starring Kenneth Branagh as Wallander. It was first broadcast on 10 January 2010.
Kurt Wallander by Henning Mankell Novels Faceless Killers · The Dogs of Riga · The White Lioness · The Man Who Smiled · Sidetracked · The Fifth Woman · One Step Behind · Firewall · The Pyramid · Before the Frost · The Troubled ManSwedish TV series
with Krister HenrikssonInnan frosten · Mastermind · TjuvenOther Wallander (Swedish film series) · Wallander (British TV series)Categories:- 1994 novels
- Novels by Henning Mankell
- Wallander
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