Kennedy's brain
By: Henning Mankell ; translated from the Swedish by Laurie Thompson
Contributors: Thompson, Laurie, 1938-2015
Edition: Large print ed.
Publisher: W.F. Howes
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Leicester [England]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 484
ISBN-13: 9781407413334
Subjects: Patients; Death; AIDS (Disease); Archaeologists; Large type books; Children; Fiction
Work titles: Kennedys hjärna
Description: When archaeologist Louise Cantor's son Henrik is found dead in his flat, she refuses to believe it was suicide. Henrik had kept many things back from her and she is shocked to learn he had contracted HIV. While looking through his bundles of papers, she discovers he was obsessed with the conspiracy theory that JFK's brain disappeared prior to the autopsy - along with the vital evidence regarding bullet exit wounds. The only lead is a letter and photograph from Henrik's girlfriend in Mozambique. Louise's quest to unravel the mystery surrounding her son's death takes her to Africa; a continent rife with disease, poverty and corruption.
Notes: Originally published: London : Harvill Secker, 2007.