
In Chronicler of the Winds, he gives us something different: a beautifully crafted novel that is a testament to the power of storytelling itself.

World famous for his Kurt Wallander mysteries, Henning Mankell has been published in thirty-five countries, with more than 25 million copies of his books in print. How can that be possible?"-from Chronicler of the Winds And however unlikely it may sound, it seemed to me that he died without once being afraid. The novel has also been broadcast on BBC Radio 7, read by the English actor David Warner, who plays Wallander's father in the British television adaptation of Wallander."Nelio is dead. Fredrik Gunnarsson, who played Svartman in the Swedish TV series, had a cameo in this episode. It was first broadcast on 3 January 2010.

Wallander is played by Rolf Lassgård.įaceless Killers has also been adapted into a 90-minute television episode for the BBC's Wallander series starring Kenneth Branagh as Wallander.

The novel was adapted into a four-episode television miniseries, Wallander, by the Swedish public broadcaster Sveriges Television in 1994. The story focuses on Sweden's liberal attitude regarding immigration, and explores themes of racism and national identity. But his conclusion leads to several racially-motivated attacks after the information is leaked to the press. He thinks that Mrs Lovgren's last word is accurate, and that the murderers are foreign. Rydberg has been examining the noose around Mrs Lovgren's neck and "has never seen one like it before". Maria Lovgren is taken to hospital, but dies anyway. Inspector Kurt Wallander, a forty-two-year-old Ystad police detective, is put on the case with his team: Rydberg, an aging detective with rheumatism Martinsson, a 29-year-old rookie Naslund, a thirty-year veteran Svedberg, a balding, forty-something-year-old detective Hansson and Peters.

Inside an almost isolated Skåne farmhouse in Lunnarp, an old man, Johannes Lövgren, is tortured to death and his wife Maria savagely beaten and left for dead with a noose around her neck. In 1992, Faceless Killers won the first ever Glass Key award, given to crime writers from the Nordic countries. Faceless Killers ( Swedish: Mördare utan ansikte) is a 1991 crime novel by the Swedish writer Henning Mankell, and the first in his acclaimed Wallander series.
