Was Henning Mankell in Die Rückkehr des Tanzlehrers umtreibt, ist weniger der alltägliche Rassismus in einer Gesellschaft, die sich weigert ihre eigene Multikulturalität zu akzeptieren (Parallelen zur deutschen Realität sind bei diesem Thema unvermeidlich). Der neue Faschismus, das macht Mankell in seinem Roman deutlich, ist vielmehr ein internationales Phänomen, eine Globalisierung des Bösen, die sich neuester Technologie bedient und mit E-Mails und Internet ihre Netzwerke spannt. Lindman ist zwar nicht Wallander, aber Die Rückkehr des Tanzlehrers ist eindeutig ein typischer Mankell. Die Fähigkeit des schwedischen Erfolgsautoren, eindringliche gesellschaftliche und politische Kritik mit einer packenden, spannenden Geschichte zu verbinden, wird auch hier seine Leser in den Bann ziehen. --Peter Schneck
]]>December 12, 1945. Nazi Germany lies in ruins as a British warplane lands in Buckeburg. A man carrying a small black bag quickly disembarks and travels to Hameln, where he disappears behind the prison gates. Early the next day, nine male and three female war criminals are hanged.
Fifty-four years later, retired policeman Herbert Molin is found brutally slaughtered on his remote farm in Härjedalen, Sweden. At the murder scene, the police discover strange tracks in the blood on the floor...as if someone had been practicing the tango.
Stefan Lindman, a young police officer on extended sick leave, hears about the murder of his former colleague and decides to investigate it himself. Lindman's inquiry becomes increasingly complex and dangerous as he uncovers the links between Herbert Molin's death and a global web of neo-Nazi activity.
]]>December 12, 1945. Nazi Germany lies in ruins as a British warplane lands in Buckeburg. A man carrying a small black bag quickly disembarks and travels to Hameln, where he disappears behind the prison gates. Early the next day, nine male and three female war criminals are hanged.
Fifty-four years later, retired policeman Herbert Molin is found brutally slaughtered on his remote farm in Härjedalen, Sweden. At the murder scene, the police discover strange tracks in the blood on the floor...as if someone had been practicing the tango.
Stefan Lindman, a young police officer on extended sick leave, hears about the murder of his former colleague and decides to investigate it himself. Lindman's inquiry becomes increasingly complex and dangerous as he uncovers the links between Herbert Molin's death and a global web of neo-Nazi activity.
]]>December 12, 1945. Nazi Germany lies in ruins as a British warplane lands in Buckeburg. A man carrying a small black bag quickly disembarks and travels to Hameln, where he disappears behind the prison gates. Early the next day, nine male and three female war criminals are hanged.
Fifty-four years later, retired policeman Herbert Molin is found brutally slaughtered on his remote farm in Härjedalen, Sweden. At the murder scene, the police discover strange tracks in the blood on the floor...as if someone had been practicing the tango.
Stefan Lindman, a young police officer on extended sick leave, hears about the murder of his former colleague and decides to investigate it himself. Lindman's inquiry becomes increasingly complex and dangerous as he uncovers the links between Herbert Molin's death and a global web of neo-Nazi activity.
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