Kurt Wallander

fictional character

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Mankell

  • Henning Mankell
    In Henning Mankell

    …a series of novels featuring Kurt Wallander, the chief inspector of Ystad Police Department. Set mostly in what he depicted as a particularly bleak region of Sweden, Mankell’s crime stories have a strong sense of place. Lean and dark, they reflect on what it means to be Swedish—indeed, what it…

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