The Dogs of Riga

Mankell, Henning

ISBN 10: 1565847873 / ISBN 13: 9781565847873

Published by The New Press, 2003

About this Item

NY: The New Press distributed by W.W.Norton & Co.2003. Hard Cover w/ DJ, First American Edition (with complete number line). Translated from Swedish by Laurie Thompson in 2001. Size 6.5 x 9.5, 326 pp. Bound in gold quarter boards over brown cloth with silver titles, with sturdy binding and clean covers and sharp edges and corners. Pages are clean, no names or markings, not Ex-Library. Unclipped DJ ($24.95) is clean with light rubbing and shelf wear, protected in Brodart archival mylar jacket. Book and DJ condition: Near Fine. Second in the Kurt Wallander series, a homicide detective, set in Sweden and the troubled Baltic state Latvia,1991." Books are shipped quickly and securely packed in a new box with delivery confirmation.

Seller Inventory # 6851

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Dogs of Riga
• Publisher: The New Press
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1565847873
• ISBN 13: 9781565847873
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Sweden
  • Mystery & Detective

About this title

Synopsis

The Dogs of Riga takes Inspector Kurt Wallander to Riga, Latvia, to investigate the murder of two Eastern European criminals.

About the Author

Internationally acclaimed author Henning Mankell has written nine Kurt Wallander mysteries. The books have been published in thirty-three countries and consistently top the bestseller lists in Europe, receiving major literary prizes (including the UK's Golden Dagger for Sidetracked) and generating numerous international film and television adaptations. Born in 1948, Mankell grew up in the Swedish village of Sveg. He now divides his time between Sweden and Maputo, Mozambique, where he works as a director at Teatro Avenida. Translator Laurie Thompson lives in Wales and has edited Swedish Book Review since its launch in 1983. He has translated fifteen books from Swedish, including three Kurt Wallander mysteries.