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Portrait image of Henning Mankell Photo: Ola Erikson / Forflex (2010)

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Mankell, Henning

Henning Georg Mankell was a Swedish playwright and author. From the 1990s onwards, he won international renown for his crime novels. When Mankell was christened in Stockholm, he was given the name of his grandfather, the composer and critic Henning Mankell (1868–1930). His mother left when he was one year old, and the following year his father moved with his children to Sveg in the province of H...

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Roger Bennion

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Even though he is comparatively young, he holds the rank of major, but is not active in the military. Roger Bennion comes from an affluent family, and spends most of his time playing golf and solving murder mysteries. He is a skilful amateur detective, a good friend of Chief Inspector Goff from Scotland Yard whom he helps investigate difficult cases in a number of whodunits by the English writer...

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