The abominable man
Subtitle: a Martin Beck mystery
By: Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö ; translated from the Swedish by Thomas Teal.
Contributors: Wahlöö, Per, 1926-1975.; Teal, Thomas.
Edition: 2nd Vintage Crime / Black Lizard ed.
Publisher: Vintage Crime / Black Lizard
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
ISBN-13: 9780307390905
Subjects: Beck, Martin (Fictitious character) -- Fiction; Police -- Fiction; Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction; Police corruption -- Fiction; Stockholm (Sweden) -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction
Work titles: Vedervärdige mannen från Säffle.
Description: "Seventh novel in the Martin Beck mystery series," together known as "The story of crime." "The gruesome murder of a police captain in his hospital room reveals the unsavory history of a man who spent forty years practicing a horrible blend of strongarm police work and sheer brutality. Martin Beck and his colleagues feverishly comb Stockholm for the murderer, a demented and deadly rifleman, who has plans for even more chaos. As the tension builds and a feeling of imminent danger grips Bec, his investigation unearths evidence of police corruption."
Notes: Introduction, c2009 ; This translation originally published in a slightly different form in hardcover in the U.S. by Pantheon Books,1972, and by Vintage Books, 1980. -- T.p. verso.

Translated from the Swedish.