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He Who Kills the Dragon
Vintage
February 2015
On Sale: January 20, 2015
368 pages
ISBN: 0307950387
EAN: 9780307950383
Kindle: B00QE153C4
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From a master of Scandinavian crime fiction--the first in a
brilliant series of novels centered around the
investigations of one irascible, obdurate, and very thirsty
Swedish police officer: Detective Superintendent Evert
Bäckström of the National Murder Squad. Detective Bäckström is Persson's persistently repulsive yet
undeniably brilliant comic creation--an unforgettable cop
winding his way through the black comedy of a crime scene,
and managing to upset nearly everyone in the process.When a
newspaper delivery boy finds a 68 year-old alcoholic lying
dead in his apartment--beaten with a saucepan lid and
hammer, and then strangled--everyone expects an
open-and-shut murder case, everyone that is but
Hawaiian-shirt clad Detective Bäckström who's been assigned
to lead the investigation team. Under strict orders from his
doctor to improve his health as quickly as possible,
Bäckström has begun stumbling to work on foot, and even
eating vegetables. The police force isn't what it used to be
though, and now that it's crowded with women and foreigners
resisting a drink is harder than ever before. But when the
newspaper boy goes missing Bäckström's suspicions are proven
correct, giving his irrepressible mix of luck and laziness a
chance to save the day, while managing to upset nearly
everyone in the process.
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