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

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

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.

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Adult Fiction   Batemans Bay . . Available .  
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Shelf Location MANK
Author Mankell, Henning, 1948-2015
Title Svenska gummistövlar
After the fire / Henning Mankell ; translated from the Swedish by Marlaine Delargy.
Publication Details London Harvill Secker, 2017.
Description 401 pages ; 24 cm.
Notes 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].
Translated from the Swedish
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.
Subject Retirees -- Fiction
Arson investigation -- Fiction
Older men -- Fiction
Fires -- Fiction
Swedish fiction -- Translations into English
Added Author Delargy, Marlaine
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