Yes, I'm a Mankell fan too and love Wallander - that last book which sees the poor man drifting into alzheimers was very good.
I do read novels - usually got one on the go - currently it's a really good thriller by Lionel Davidson, 'Kolymsky Heights'.
On 5 Oct 2015, at 16:34, Lawrence Upton wrote:
> & now Henning Mankell is dead.
>
> I've read a few non-Wallanders and all the Wallanders. The last one, the
> unhappy man or the ill at ease man.... something like that... very fine.
> Rather an achievement to come up with such a relatively unpleasant
> character as Wallander and make the story enjoyable
>
> You can keep your Kenneth Branaghs.
>
> Anyway, he's dead and I'm sulking. (I read a Steig Larsson after Rebecca
> and thought "good, but not anything as good as Mankell". Huh
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