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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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
crime novel
novel
author Henning Mankell NERFINISHED
containsElement socially conscious investigation
countryOfOrigin Sweden
featuresCharacter Kurt Wallander NERFINISHED
genre crime fiction
mystery fiction
police procedural
hasCharacterTraitOfProtagonist dedicated
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 NERFINISHED
Ystad NERFINISHED
settingTimePeriod late 20th century
theme immigration
racism
social criticism
violence against the elderly
xenophobia
tone bleak
translatedTitle Faceless Killers NERFINISHED

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Henning Mankell notableWork Faceless Killers