A treacherous paradise
By: Henning Mankell ; translated from the Swedish by Laurie Thompson
Contributors: Thompson, Laurie, 1938-2015, translator
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 390
ISBN-13: 9780099572176
Subjects: Suspense fiction; Fiction
Work titles: Minnet av en smutsig angel
Description: In 1904, Hanna Renström escapes the brutal poverty of rural Sweden for a job as a cook onboard a steamship headed for Australia. She finds love in the form of the ship's mate, whom she marries, but disaster strikes when her husband is struck down almost immediately by a fatal illness. Jumping ship at the African port of Lourenço Marques, Hanna decides to begin her life anew. Stumbling across what she believes to be a down-at-heel hotel, Hanna becomes embroiled in a sequence of events that lead to her inheriting the most successful brothel in town.
Notes: This translation originally published: London: Harvill Secker, 2013.