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Best Debut, The Swedish Academy of Crime Writers' Award 2017 'Thrilling, unnerving, clever and beautiful' Fredrik Backman The year is 1793, Stockholm. King Gustav of Sweden has been assassinated, years of foreign wars have emptied the treasuries, and the realm is governed by a self-interested elite, leaving its citizens to suffer. On the streets, malcontent and paranoia abound. A body is found in the city's swamp by a watchman, Mickel Cardell, and the case is handed over to investigator Cecil Winge, who is dying of consumption. Together, Winge and Cardell become embroiled in a brutal world of guttersnipes and thieves, mercenaries and madams, and one death will expose a city rotten with corruption beneath its powdered and painted veneer. THE WOLF AND THE WATCHMAN depicts the capacity for cruelty in the name of survival or greed - but also the capacity for love, friendship, and the desire for a better world.Product Identifiers
PublisherJohn Murray Press
ISBN-139781473692138
eBay Product ID (ePID)16046706617
Product Key Features
Book Title1793: the Wolf and the Watchman: the Latest Scandi Sensation
AuthorNiklas Natt Och Dag
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicCrime, Books
Publication Year2019
Dimensions
Item Height234mm
Item Width153mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorNiklas Natt Och Dag
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom