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The Man From Beijing
- Narrated by: Anna Bentinck
- Length: 16 hrs and 30 mins
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Summary
One cold January day the police are called to a sleepy little hamlet in the north of Sweden where they discover a savagely murdered man lying in the snow. As they begin their investigation they notice that the village seems eerily quiet and deserted. Going from house to house, looking for witnesses, they uncover a crime unprecedented in Swedish history. When Judge Birgitta Roslin reads about the massacre, she realises that she has a family connection to one of the couples involved and decides to investigate. A nineteenth-century diary and a red silk ribbon found in the forest nearby are the only clues. What Birgitta eventually uncovers leads her into an international web of corruption and a story of vengeance that stretches back over a hundred years, linking China and the USA of the 1860s with modern-day Beijing, Zimbabwe and Mozambique, and coming to a shocking climax in London’s Chinatown. The Man from Beijing is both a gripping and perceptive political thriller and a compelling detective story.
It shows Henning Mankell at the height of his powers, handling a broad historical canvas and pressing international issues with his exceptional gifts for insight and chilling suspense.
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- Dr Mo
- 01-06-15
outstanding
Superb story from Mr Mankell! I was hanging on every word spoken. Better than Wallander.
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- Endora
- 06-02-17
Great story
Loved it. Something very different. Gripping and leaves you wanting to know what is next.
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- April Cottage
- 07-04-13
Something else from the master
Having really enjoyed his swedish detective books I wanted to listen to something else. I was not disappointed I really enjoyed this book.
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- Caroline H.
- 15-03-24
History was fascinating.
Reader was excellent and story skilful and believable. I learnt so much about Chinese and American history whilst engaging with the main characters. Truly amazing story telling.
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- Mark norris
- 12-06-18
Great story ruined by narrator
what a shame that ISIS decided to use such a 1 dimensional actor the characterization of the players in the story it's difficult to keep listening to it
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- margaret
- 16-08-17
Brilliant book
Such a great story , gripping right to the end .The best I have listened to so far,and I have read and listened to many good trillers.
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- Silver Fox
- 01-02-21
Exceptional. Mankell at his very best.
Top quality narration of a first class, intrigue. The story leading careful step by careful step, surprising us by sudden twists and turns in the path, but still the path is beneath our feet, tracing the years of revenge.
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- CARRYN
- 10-07-16
Excellent
One of the best stories I have listened to . Good performance did not detract.
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- Elinor Dashwood
- 02-05-11
Think twice
I usually love Henning Mankell, but this might be one book too many.
In fairness, I got the idea from the blurb and his previous work that this would be a detective story. If that's why you're thinking of buying it, then think twice, because only a very short part of the book deals with the murders.
Hours and hours of it are dedicated to Chinese peasants starving in China and being forced to work on the US railways in the 19th century, then even more hours are spent on Chinese politics - past and present.
The view presented of Zimbabwe is so biased that it makes me wonder whether the portrayal of China (about which I know very little) is accurate either. Mugabe is presented as a benign, misunderstood civilised schoolmaster (!) and, irritatingly, read with a Jamaican accent. [Note to narrator - not all black people speak the same way. Just saying...]
I haven't finished it yet, and live in hopes that things will pick up, but just be aware that it's slow-going, and not a police-procedural or detective story.
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- Kit
- 06-04-13
Very disappointing.
Having listened to most of the Wallander series, I was expecting a book equally gripping. Ummm . . . I should have read the other reviews first! Starts really well, enticing the listener in with the promise of excitement and intrigue, but goes downhill all the way, to the point that I was only listening in the hope that it would get back on track. It didn't. Long, long, long chapters relating to Chinese politics without a whisper of excitement. Not even a satisfactory ending to wind it all up with. I was actually relieved when the book finished. Very disappointing.
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