
The Assignment
Per Wahloo(Author)
Vintage Crime/Black Lizard (Publisher)
Published on 18. June 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-307-74476-0 (ISBN)
Description
From Per Wahlöö--co-author with his wife, Maj Sjöwall, of the internationally bestselling Martin Beck series of mysteries--comes a novel about a political assassination in South America, and unassuming diplomat is chosen to take his place. The Provincial Resident of a desolate province in a South America has been assassinated. When Manuel Ortega, a minor diplomat, accepts the appointment as the dead man's successor, it seems a foolhardy decision. From the day he assumes his post he is plunged into a violent, corrupt world, where two extremist political factions are at odds. Ortega is caught in the middle, surrounded by people he's not sure he can trust--his alluring secretary, the cynical chief of police, and the sullen bodyguards who try to keep the Resident alive. As the tension rises, Ortega must take action, but the question remains: what will he do?
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Penguin Random House LLC
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 205 mm
Width: 134 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
210 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-307-74476-0 (9780307744760)
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Person
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 from the Mystery Writers of America. Per Wahlöö died in 1975.