Faceless Killers
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Faceless Killers is a crime novel by Swedish author Henning Mankell that introduces Inspector Kurt Wallander in a bleak, socially conscious murder investigation.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Faceless Killers canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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crime novel ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| author | Henning Mankell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsElement | socially conscious investigation ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Sweden ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Kurt Wallander NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
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mystery fiction ⓘ police procedural ⓘ |
| hasCharacterTraitOfProtagonist |
dedicated
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melancholic ⓘ socially aware ⓘ |
| hasMotiveInPlot | possible racial hatred ⓘ |
| hasMurderInvestigation | brutal attack on an elderly farming couple ⓘ |
| hasTranslation | English translation ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Nordic noir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Kurt Wallander NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor | introducing Inspector Kurt Wallander ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Swedish ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Mördare utan ansikte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Swedish crime literature ⓘ |
| positionInSeries | first novel in the Kurt Wallander series ⓘ |
| protagonistEmployer | Ystad police NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | police inspector ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1991 ⓘ |
| publisherCountryOfFirstEdition | Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| series | Kurt Wallander series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Skåne
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Ystad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTimePeriod | late 20th century ⓘ |
| theme |
immigration
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racism ⓘ social criticism ⓘ violence against the elderly ⓘ xenophobia ⓘ |
| tone | bleak ⓘ |
| translatedTitle | Faceless Killers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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