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26%OFFPer Wahloo Maj Sjowall - The Man Who Went Up in Smoke (A Martin Beck Novel, Book 2) - 9780007439126 - V9780007439126
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The Man Who Went Up in Smoke (A Martin Beck Novel, Book 2)

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Description for The Man Who Went Up in Smoke (A Martin Beck Novel, Book 2) Paperback. Meet the characters from the hit BBC series, Beck. The second book in the classic Martin Beck detective series from the 1960s - the novels that shaped the future of Scandinavian crime writing. Series: The Martin Beck Series. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 188.

The second book in the classic Martin Beck detective series from the 1960s – the novels that shaped the future of Scandinavian crime writing.

Hugely acclaimed, the Martin Beck series were the original Scandinavian crime novels and have inspired the writings of Stieg Larsson, Henning Mankell and Jo Nesbo.

Written in the 1960s, 10 books completed in 10 years, they are the work of Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö – a husband and wife team from Sweden. They follow the ... Read more

‘The Man Who Went Up in Smoke’ starts as Martin Beck has just begun his holiday: an August spent with his family on a small island off the coast of Sweden. But when a neighbour gets a phone call, Beck finds himself packed off to Budapest, where a boorish journalist has vanished without a trace. Instead of passing leisurely sun-filled days with his children, Beck must troll about in the Eastern Europe underworld for a man nobody knows, with the aid of the coolly efficient local police, who do business while soaking at the public baths – and at the risk of vanishing along with his quarry.

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Product Details

Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers New York
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
A Martin Beck Novel
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780007439126
SKU
V9780007439126
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-99

About Per Wahloo Maj Sjowall
Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, both left-wing journalists and politically radical, met in 1961 while working for magazines published by the same company. They married the next year and together created the Martin Beck crime series, famously writing alternate chapters at night after putting their children to bed. Wahlöö died at the age of 49 just as their 10th book ... Read more

Reviews for The Man Who Went Up in Smoke (A Martin Beck Novel, Book 2)
‘They changed the genre. Whoever is writing crime fiction after these novels is inspired by them in one way or another.’ Henning Mankell ‘If you haven’t read Sjöwall/Wahlöö, start now.’ Sunday Telegraph ‘Pick up one book…and ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for The Man Who Went Up in Smoke (A Martin Beck Novel, Book 2)


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