After the fire / Henning Mankell ; translated from the Swedish by Marlaine Delargy.

Mankell, Henning, 1948-2015, author
Delargy, Marlaine, translator

London : Vintage, 2018.

401 pages ; 20 cm

This translation originally published: London: Harvill Secker, 2017.

Fredrik Welin is a 70-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.

9781784703394 (pbk)

839.738
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CRIME
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