About the author

Henning Georg Mankell (Swedish pronunciation: [²hɛnːɪŋ ¹maŋːkɛl]; 3 February 1948 – 5 October 2015) was a Swedish crime writer, children's author, and dramatist, best known for a series of mystery novels starring his most noted creation, Inspector Kurt Wallander. He also wrote a number of plays and screenplays for television.

He was a left-wing social critic and activist. In his books and plays he constantly highlighted social inequality issues and injustices in Sweden and abroad. In 2010, Mankell was on board one of the ships in the Gaza Freedom Flotilla that was boarded by Israeli military forces. He was below deck when eight or nine people were shot.

Mankell shared his time between Sweden and countries in Africa, mostly Mozambique where he started a theatre. He made considerable donations to charity organizations, mostly connected to Africa.

Pyramiden (Pocket)

Med Pyramiden afsluttes den spændende og barske serie om det moderne Sverige (med Kurt Wallander i hovedrollen).

Første gang, vi møder kriminalkommissær Kurt Wallander, er han 42 år, fraskilt, har en datter og er flyttet fra Malmø til Ystad. Det er den 8. januar 1990, og det er starten på Mordere uden ansigt. Men hvordan gik det hele til før den tid?

Læs svaret i Pyramiden. Det begynder med et livsfarligt knivstik i Malmø i 1969. Den 21-årige politibetjent finder sin nabo død, og snart møder han morderen ... Og det slutter tyve år senere med indebrændingen af to ældre, respektable søstre, der viser sig at være blevet henrettet med nakkeskud før branden. Undervejs må kommissæren en tur til Egypten for at redde sin far ...
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Edition3
Printed pages528
Publish date01 Jan 2016
Published byKlim
Languagedan
ISBN print9788771298024