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The White Lioness (Kurt Wallander, #3)

Henning Mankell

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Mar 23, 2019 Mark rated it really liked it

This was a really intriguing inspector Wallander saga that transports the reader between Sweden and South Africa in a tale that is based in reality but clearly fictional. I loved the interplay between fact and fiction and this gave the story a really different plot line that took it from being a Scandi Noir story to one that has significant recent historical validity and intrigue. Really moved by the words of character Victor Mabasha on p 312 -
“Barbarism has always had a human face. That’s what ...more

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