Mankell pits his hero against the creeping malaise affecting contemporary Sweden, where permissiveness and the collapse of the welfare state are slowly undermining the spirit of law and order.
Kenneth Branagh stars as Inspector Kurt Wallander, the scruffy Swedish sleuth.
A maelstrom of bizarre crimes, involving axe murders, scalpings, random assassinations and cyber-terrorism, taxes Wallander’s wits.
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