After the Fire

Henning Mankell

Original title: Svenska gummistövlar

earliest edition we have, 2016 Harvill Secker, 2017

Thorndike Press large print mystery

"Henning Mankell's last novel about an aging man whose quiet, solitary life on an isolated island off the coast of Sweden is turned upside down when his house catches fire. Fredrik Welin is a former surgeon who retired in disgrace decades earlier to a tiny island on which he is the only resident. He has a daughter he rarely sees and his mailman Jansson is the closest thing he has to a friend, and to an adversary. He...

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Marlaine Delargy 2 printings we hold · 2017

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Editions we hold

After the Fire edition · 2018 · Penguin Random House · 416 pages · 9781784703394
After the fire edition · 2017 · 615 pages · 9781432845384
Les bottes suédoises edition · 2017 · Editions du Seuil · 9782757866559
After the fire edition · 2017 · 401 pages · 9780525435082
After the Fire hardcover · 2017 · Vintage Publishing · 9781910701768
After the fire edition · 2017 · Harvill Secker · 9781910701775
Les Bottes suédoises paperback · 2016 · SEUIL · 368 pages · 9782021303896
Botas de lluvia suecas edition · 2016 · Tusquets · 9788490663202
Die schwedischen Gummistiefel hardcover · 2016 · Zsolnay-Verlag · 9783552057951

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