Firewall (Kurt Wallander, #8) in Scandinavian Mysteries

Jan 22, 2010 Martha rated it really liked it

Shelves: good-for-an-airplane-trip, scandinavian-mysteries

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Jun 11, 2011 Paul Patterson rated it liked it

Shelves: scandinavian-mysteries

The only reason I gave this book a three star is because I made the mistake of listening to it on audiobooks rather than just reading it. The vocal interpreter in my opinion was so distracting I could barely keep the plot in my mind. His attempts at Swedish accent were exaggerated and sometimes pathetically funny. Henning Mankell deserves a much better interpretation - the Troubled Man vocalization seems far better from what I have heard.

That said the same excellent characterization of Wallande ...more

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Mar 07, 2010 Jenn rated it really liked it

Shelves: fiction, novel, mystery, read-2010

Gripping, solid, lengthy mystery that made its main character -- police inspector Kurt Wallander -- the main focus of the story. Wallander's faults and flaws not only make the mystery what it is, they provide the shape and voice to the story. I wanted to know what would happen at the end not only because it was a strange and compelling mystery, but also because I wanted to know what would happen to Kurt Wallander, and that's a great testament to creating a detective.

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Jan 21, 2011 Bob Bauer rated it really liked it

Shelves: crime

Very interesting. As usual, includes a large social theme..effect of technology, negative impact of World Bank on developing countries. Fracturing of relationship between Wallander and Martinsson was disconcerting.

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