![]() ![]() Our retail stores have always been places where a reader can rush in looking for a title needed for a term paper that is due the next day, or where bibliophiles can get lost \"in the stacks\" for as long as they wish. A merging of the old and new is where we started, and it is where we are today. ALL kinds of books from 95 cent children\'s paperbacks to five figure rare and collectibles. Since 1980 it has always been about the books. We fill those orders on a first come first serve basis, but will refund promptly any items that are out of stock. We have a very active online inventory and as such, we can receive multiple orders for the same item. We have over 1 Million books for sale on our website and another 1 Million books for sale in our 3 locations. Wonder Book and Video has been in business since 1980 and online since 1997. My star rating is therefore based on personal enjoyment only.With 3 stores less than 1 hour outside the DC/Metropolitan area (1 in Gaithersburg, 1 in Frederick and 1 in Hagerstown, MD), we have the largest selection of books in the tri-state area. I tried to move past my own preconceptions of this book, but it is still too violent for my own taste. I can appreciate this book status as a first of its kind and am glad to have read it. That is something that really marks the time of writing for this book. I also found it interesting to read about East-Germans trying out their newfound freedom by travelling to Sweden. The one change in general attitude to asylum seekers is that they no longer are offhandedly regarded as either opportunists or victims, there is a third category feared now: terrorists. I also appreciate the handling of the immigration issues that are actually still (or again) very relevant in society today, yet not openly talked about. My involvement does not go so far as to want to read more of these books, however. I got to care about his life and would want to know how it all will pan out. The level of personal drama in the main character's life is very realistic. Until the very question of the why behind the outrageous use of violence did explicitly not get solved. Towards the end, the solution seemed to come together nicely. ![]() Due to the "1001-books to read before you die"-status, and the elements of realism in the personal life of the main character, I kept giving the story the benefit of the doubt. There is too much violence, too much gruesomeness for me to handle. I used to think he was overrated, but I might have to revise my opinion, since I actually liked this police procedural and wouldn't mind reading more in the series.Įven though I like to read detective stories/ mysteries, Scandinavian detectives do not agree with me. I'm assuming this book is on the list because Mankell was one of the authors that pioneered the 'Nordic Noir' genre. The story itself reminded me of Truman Capote's In cold blood, in that an isolated house is targeted and that there initially didn't seem to be any motives for the murders. Wallander has a sympathetic characters, very human and flawed. A refugee camp is attacked and suddenly the police have two murders on their hands. Then the public finds out that the police suspects foreigners might have been involved and xenophobia rears its ugly head. The murders seems meaningless, the family didn't have a lot of money or valubles in the house, and they didn't seem to have any enimies. The theme of racial hatred stems from the influx of foreigners seeking asylum and the political and social problems that occur.Īn old man and his wife are found murdered in an isolated farmhouse, and Kurt Wallander and his team of policemen have a hard job finding the killers. It is a 1001 Book You Must Read Before You Die but other than being Swedish I am not sure what it offers in the development of the novel. It's a decent mystery of the police procedural type and like most mystery thriller's easy to read. As the first book of a series, we are introduced to Wallander, a man in his forties, his wife has left him, his daughter is not talking to him and his aging father is ornery and possibly senile. This word causes an outbreak of racial hatred when it is leaked to the press. There is no clues except for a word spoken by the woman prior to her death. He is called out to an isolated farmhouse and discovers a heinous murder of an old farmer and his wife. The story is set in Sweden, it is January 1990 and Wallander is covering for the chief who is on vacation. It is the first in the series featuring the senior police officer Kurt Wallander. Mod Faceless Killers is a 1991, police procedural mystery by Swedish author Henning Mankell and translated from the Swedish by Steven T. ![]()
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