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Murder on the Thirty-First Floor. by Per Wahloo
Per Wahloo
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Description for Murder on the Thirty-First Floor. by Per Wahloo
Paperback. In an unnamed country, in an unnamed year sometime in the future, Chief Inspector Jensen of the Sixteenth Division is called in after the publishers controlling the entire country's newspapers and magazines receive a threat to blow up their building, in retaliation for a murder they are accused of committing. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 160. 224 pages. In an unnamed country, in an unnamed year sometime in the future, Chief Inspector Jensen of the Sixteenth Division is called in after the publishers controlling the entire country's newspapers and magazines receive a threat to blow up their building, in retaliation for a murder they are accused of committing. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FF. Dimension: 198 x 132 x 15. Weight: 162.
'The godfather of Scandinavian crime fiction' Jo Nesbo
In an unnamed country, in an unnamed year sometime in the future, Chief Inspector Jensen of the Sixteenth Division is called in after the publishers controlling the entire country's newspapers and magazines receive a threat to blow up their building, in retaliation for a murder they are accused of committing. The building is evacuated, but the bomb fails to explode and Jensen is given seven days in which to track down the letter writer.
Jensen has never had a case he could not solve before, but as his investigation ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099554769
SKU
V9780099554769
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1
About Per Wahloo
Born in 1926, Per Wahlöö was a Swedish writer and journalist who, alongside his own novels, collaborated with his wife, Maj Sjöwall, on the bestselling Martin Beck crime series which are credited as inspiring writers as varied as Agatha Christie, Henning Mankell and Jonathan Franzen. In 1971 the fourth novel in the series, The Laughing Policeman, won an Edgar Award ... Read more
Reviews for Murder on the Thirty-First Floor. by Per Wahloo
Something quite special and fascinating: a use of the detective form to present a brooding and biting forecast of the future - or of a possible future
New York Times Book Review
The godfather of Scandinavian crime fiction
Jo Nesbo [Sarah Death's translation] seems to catch the bleakness perfectly... Wahlöö's solo work deserves to be considered in ... Read more
New York Times Book Review
The godfather of Scandinavian crime fiction
Jo Nesbo [Sarah Death's translation] seems to catch the bleakness perfectly... Wahlöö's solo work deserves to be considered in ... Read more