The Rock Blaster (Paperback)

An early gem from the creator of the Kurt Wallander series, charting the life of a principled man through tragedy, heartbreak, true love and the battle for a nation's soul. "A very engaging portrait . . . There is a powerful lack of sentimentality to the telling of the story [and] a lovely and genuinely moving love story at the heart of the book." Liam Heylin, Irish Examiner At 3 p.m. on a Saturday afternoon in 1911, Oskar Johansson is caught in a blast in an industrial accident. The local newspaper reports him dead, but they are mistaken. Because Oskar Johansson is a born survivor. Though crippled, Oskar finds the strength to go on living and working. The Rock Blaster charts his long professional life - his hopes and dreams, sorrows and joys. His relationship with the woman whose love saved him, with the labour movement that gave him a cause to believe in, and with his children, who do not share his ideals. Henning Mankell's first published novel is steeped in the burning desire for social justice that informed his bestselling crime novels. Remarkably assured for a debut, it is written with scalpel-like precision, at once poetic and insightful in its depiction of a true working-class hero. Translated from the Swedish by George Goulding

General

Imprint:	MacLehose Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 2021
Translators:	George Goulding
Authors:	Henning Mankell
Dimensions:	196 x 126 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	208
ISBN-13:	978-0-85705-947-5
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > General Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Coping with personal problems > Coping with disability
LSN:	0-85705-947-5
Barcode:	9780857059475

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