Firewall

by Henning Mankell

Paperback, 544 pages

Published Sept. 2, 2004 by Vintage.

ISBN:: 978-0-09-945905-7

(20 reviews)

Stopping to get money from a cash machine one evening, a man inexplicably falls to the ground: dead. A taxi driver is brutally murdered by two teenaged girls. Quickly apprehended they appal local policemen with their total lack of remorse.Stopping to get money from a cash machine one evening, a man inexplicably falls to the ground: dead. A taxi driver is brutally murdered by two teenaged girls. Quickly apprehended they appal local policemen with their total lack of remorse. One girl escapes police custody and disappears without trace. Soon afterwards a blackout covers half the country. When an engineer arrives at the malfunctioning power station, he makes a grisly discovery. Inspector Kurt Wallander is sure that these events must be linked - somehow. Hampered by the discovery of betrayals in his own team, lonely and frustrated, Wallander begins to lose conviction in his role as a detective. The search for …

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tivasyk reviewed La Muraille invisible by Henning Mankell

Review of 'La Muraille invisible' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

шведські детективні трилери такі шведські… не знаю, як ще це прокоментувати. сюжет наче не назвеш «примітивним», але… що далі читаєш, то сильнішає відчуття, що його висмоктано з пальця. причому зі шведського пальця — тобто в одній з найблагополучніших країн світу. автор силувався вигадати щось страшне у світовому масштабі, але вийшло, м’яко кажучи, так собі. як і з усіма практично скандинавськими трилерами, що мені траплялися до цього. трохи виправляє ситуацію переклад французькою і якісне начитування депресивним голосом, — але з іншого боку підкреслює недолугість сюжету. ні, не хочу більше читати манкеля.

Molly Foust reviewed Firewall by Henning Mankell

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4 stars

Nice. What I expect from my beloved Kurt Wallander and waayyy better than White Lion. This one is about some fiendish, if sympathetic computer hackers/former world bank operatives that want to bring down the world's financial institution. It was super hard to put the pieces together, the plot twists were a surprise and Kurt's lonely and ornery character as wonderful as ever.

Didactylos reviewed Firewall by Henning Mankell

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3 stars

Why oh why when you create a thoroughly believable and interesting character do you then get into ludicrous international computer intrigue which is hardly well explored in terms of the villain's motivation? Its a shame that writer with such manifest ability to get under the skin of the hum drum and 'small town' feels he has to 'go international in order, one assumes, to sell books?