The man who went up in smoke
By: Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö ; translated from the Swedish by Joan Tate
Contributors: Wahlöö, Per, 1926-1975
Series: Martin Beck -- 2
Publisher: Fourth Estate
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780007439126
Subjects: Martin Beck (Fictitious character); Fiction; Police; Journalists; Missing persons
Description: Detective Martin Beck has just begun his holiday 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.
Notes: This translation originally published: New York: Pantheon, 1969; London: Gollancz, 1970.