| Record Number |
774304 |
| ISBN |
9781910701775 (paperback) |
| 9781910701768 (hardback) |
| Author |
Mankell, Henning, 1948-2015 author. |
| Title |
After the fire / Henning Mankell ; translated from the Swedish by Marlaine Delargy. |
| Publisher/Date |
London : Harvill Secker, 2017. |
| ©2017 |
| Pagination etc. |
401 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Contents note |
First published with the title Svenska gummistövlar in Sweden by Leopard Förlag in 2015. |
| "This is a freestanding continuation of Italian shoes, which was first published in 2006. This narrative takes place eight years later." --Page [vii]. |
| Summary Note |
Fredrik Welin is a seventy-year-old retired doctor. Years ago he retreated to the Swedish archipelago, where he lives alone on an island. He swims in the sea every day, cutting a hole in the ice if necessary. He lives a quiet life. Until he wakes up one night to find his house on fire. Fredrik escapes just in time, wearing two left-footed wellies, as neighbouring islanders arrive to help douse the flames. All that remains in the morning is a stinking ruin and evidence of arson. The house that has been in his family for generations and all his worldly belongings are gone. He cannot think who would do such a thing, or why. Without a suspect, the police begin to think he started the fire himself. Tackling love, loss and loneliness, After the Fire is Henning Mankell's compelling last novel. |
| Language note |
Translated from the Swedish. |
| Subject |
Retirees -- Fiction |
| Arson investigation -- Fiction |
| Reminiscing in old age -- Fiction |
| Older men -- Fiction |
| Fires -- Fiction |
| Detective and mystery fiction. |
| Added Author |
Delargy, Marlaine translator. |
| Shelf Location |
F MANK |
