The Shadow Girls, Henning Mankell
The Shadow Girls, Henning Mankell
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The Shadow Girls

Author: Henning Mankell

Narrator: Henry Strozier, Annie Henk, Mozhan Marno, Cherise Boothe

Unabridged: 10 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 10/16/2012

Synopsis

International best-selling author Henning Mankell's books have sold more than 40 million copies worldwide. In The Shadow Girls, author/poet Jesper Humlin struggles under the pall of a frustrating life. Everything- from his personal relationships to his professional pursuits to his fi-nances- seems to be failing miserably. Then Jesper happens across a group of young immigrant girls- and their stories of hardship and perseverance transform his outlook on life.

About Henning Mankell

Henning Mankell's novels have been translated into forty-five languages and have sold more than forty million copies worldwide. He was the first winner of the Ripper Award and also received the Glass Key and the Crime Writers' Association Golden Dagger, among other awards. His Kurt Wallander Mysteries have been adapted into a PBS television series starring Kenneth Branagh. During his life, Mankell divided his time between Sweden and Mozambique, where he was artistic director of the Teatro Avenida in Maputo. He died in 2015.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Amy

Mr. Mankell, what did you WANT? Did you want to write something satirical about the growth in the crime book industry? (Because if you did, you kind of got close, and what you did write is pretty funny at times.) Did you want to write a moving portrait of the plight of Sweden's illegal immigrants?......more

Goodreads review by Junying

What a wonderful book this is! Another classic Mankell which I hope will be read and loved by many more people. On several occasions I was laughing out loud while reading it during my holiday in Madeira, as well as on the plane - I got a few curious glances from people but I did not care! There was s......more

Goodreads review by John

Not the usual Mankell fare and a story about Sweden’s hidden illegal immigrants. Jesper Humlin is a mediocre narcissistic poet. His life is centered around him. His long suffering girlfriend Andrea wants a baby and delivers him several ultimatums of baby or she is gone. His publisher wants him to wr......more

Goodreads review by Bonnie

Mankell is often categorized as a crime writer, but this novel, although it contains some undocumented, and thus illegal, visitors in Sweden, is primarily about the human condition. Protagonist Jesper Humlin is writer of poetry, and poets communicate, right? Wrong. Humlin and every other character f......more

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