Henning Mankell

Henning Mankell: The Troubled Man

Long-awaited addition to the Kurt Wallander series is a readable but bleak affair

(Harvill Secker) For fans of Henning Mankell’s Inspector Wallander series, news that the first new novel in almost a decade was on the horizon generated excitement worthy of a Beatles reformation. But such manic anticipation will have been tempered…

The Swedish and Norwegian comics hitting the Edinburgh Fringe

Magnus Betnér, Dag Sørås and Lasse Nilsen head up Scandinavian invasion

Magnus Betnér is leading a charge of the Swedish and Norwegian stand-ups playing the Fringe. Jay Richardson meets those who are raising the bar of north European comedy

Henning Mankell - The Man From Beijing

(Harvill Secker) As all Wallander fans will testify, Henning Mankell does a good line in legal professionals. His long-running series about the flawed but eminently likeable detective has sold millions worldwide, not to mention spawned TV adaptations…