The man from Beijing
By: Henning Mankell ; translated from the Swedish by Laurie Thompson
Contributors: Thompson, Laurie, 1938-
Edition: 1st North American ed.
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Published: 2010-02
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 365
ISBN-13: 9780307271860
Subjects: Mass murder investigation; Massacres; Serial murder investigation; Women judges; Revenge; Fiction
Work titles: Kinesen
Description: Hudiksvall, January 2006, police find eighteen people massacred in a small village. They think it's the work of a mad man but Birgitta and August believe they were killed by the same person who killed their mother.
Notes: Originally published under title Kinesen : Stockholm : Leopard, 2008.

"This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. verso.

Translated from the Swedish.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. The silence. The epitaph; title: The judge; title: pt. 2. The railroad. The way to Canton; title: The feather and the stone; title: pt. 3. The red ribbon. The rebels; title: The Chinese game; title: pt. 4. The colonizers. Bark peeled off by elephants; title: Chinatown, London.