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The White Lioness (Original: Den vita lejoninnan) is a crime novel by Swedish writer Henning Mankell. It is second in the Inspector Wallander series to be translated into English. Originally published in Swedish, it was translated by Laurie Thompson in 1998.
- Henning Mankell, Laurie Thompson
- 1993
May 13, 2003 · “The White Lioness,” one of his Wallander novels, manages to describe the horrors of South Africa’s apartheid at the same time as it dissects an increasingly violent Swedish society. And it is equally proficient in describing the languid heat and humidity of South Africa and the cold, arid, lonely, terrain of southern Sweden.
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- $16.95
- Henning Mankell
- Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Jun 9, 2020 · 565 pages : 20 cm. In 1992, in peaceful Southern Sweden, a young housewife, pillar of the Methodist church, disappears and is found murdered, execution style, and Inspector Kurt Wallander and his team are called in to investigate.
May 10, 2011 · Combining heart-pounding suspense with probing social commentary, The White Lioness is an essential chapter in the addictive mystery series that inspired the hit TV show...
The mystery thriller series that inspired the Netflix crime drama Young Wallander • From the dean of Scandinavian noir, the third riveting installment in the internationally bestselling and universally acclaimed Kurt Wallander series.
May 10, 2011 · Combining heart-pounding suspense with probing social commentary, The White Lioness is an essential chapter in the addictive mystery series that inspired the hit TV show Wallander starring Kenneth Branagh. “It is not hard to see why the Wallander books have made such an impact” (The Times Literary Supplement). Read more.
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- Henning Mankell