How did the book make you feel Were you amused, upset, bored, angry, intrigued Did you have to force yourself to get through it or were you unable to put it down Are you glad you read it 2. Top 10 historical mysteries and thrillers reviewed hereĪnd you can always find my most popular reviews, and the most recent ones, plus a guide to this whole site, on the Home Page. The book club questions below can guide your group through a meaningful discussion about almost any book.30 outstanding detective series from around the world.20 excellent standalone mysteries and thrillers Imagine yourself in the shoes of a woman who has discovered that her sons death and life were all an illusion, that the reality behind everything, life and. It’s not often that the reading public gets such a chance to peer into the gray matter of a favorite writer. Mankell writes about how he came up with his detective’s name the origins of the series in his desire to write about racism in Sweden the halting, step-by-step process through which a standalone novel ( Faceless Killers) actually became a series of ten books his relationship with Wallander fans and his complex relationship with his most famous character. However, Mankell’s Afterword and an essay that follows entitled “Mankell on Wallander” make the book well worthwhile reading after all. Think about the other people in the book besides the author. What gaps do you wish the author had filled in Were there points where you thought he shared too much 44. How honest do you think the author was being 43. It might be said that Autumn‘s brevity - it’s a novelette, really - has something to do with the lack of energy the work generates, but I’ve read ten-page stories in which more happens.Īn Event in Autumn (Kurt Wallander #10) by Henning Mankell (2014) 178 pages ★★★☆☆ What aspects of the author’s story could you most relate to 42. An Event in Autumn isn’t awful - it throws a little more light on Chief Inspector Wallander’s endlessly complex character - but it offers little of the highly charged action that appear in other novels in this widely acclaimed series. Mankell is probably incapable of writing a bad book. which, for some reason, meant getting it republished. READ FULL REVIEW Chronicler of the Winds. Since he was recently asked for a complete list of the Wallander stories, he felt compelled to include it. Faceless Killers (1997), the first of his books about provincial police inspector Kurt Wallender to appear here. Mankell explains in an Afterword that he’d actually written An Event in Autumn many years ago as a bonus for Dutch readers. For years now, Henning Mankell has been telling us he’d written the very last Kurt Wallander story.
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