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|comment= This was possibly the worst novel I ever read. I picked it up in the Amsterdam airport en route back to the U.S. after a trip to Africa, hopeful for an entertaining African-themed novel that would also give me some insight into the continent.
What a disappointment! I of course can't say how Mankell reads in his native Swedish, but in English, much of his prose is flat and plodding. The characters are poorly developed. The plot line is confusing and also ill-developed. If I hadn't spent about 10 Euros on it, I would have abandoned it halfway across the Atlantic. As it was, I stuck with it through the end, hoping that Mankell would somehow redeem himself by tying at least some of the loose ends together in a coherent way. But such was not to be.
Brian Hannigan
Arlington, Virginia, USA
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