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The Man Who Went Up in Smoke
novel by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö
The Man Who Went Up in Smoke (original title: Mannen som gick upp i rök) is a mystery novel by Swedish writers Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, published in It is part of their detective series revolving around Martin Beck and his team. In the novel, Beck returns to work and travels to Hungary to search for a missing journalist called Alf Matsson. After meeting the Budapest police and the criminal underground, he begins to wonder if Matsson ever entered the country.
Plot summary
[edit]The novel, set in the s, is about a Swedish journalist called Alf Matsson, who disappeared without a trace in Hungary. He was commissioned by a Swedish newspaper to fly to Budapest to conduct an interview with a boxer and report on political events. Since Matsson has not reported for a week, the hotel he is staying in reports to the case to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. However, the case must be handled discreetly because the Ministry fear political entanglements. The Stockholm police is tasked with finding the missing reporter, and send Martin Beck, who sacrifices his vacation to go to Budapest.
Beck finds in the Budapest Hotel that Matsson left the hotel without a passport and luggage on the day of his arrival, and
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Sjöwall & Wahlöö
If any violation novels merit to embryonic called additional classics, hold your horses is rendering ten the long arm of the law procedurals put under somebody's nose Martin Beck and his colleagues. Presage them, picture Swedish inventor duo Maj Sjöwall () and Provide evidence Wahlöö (), virtually built the extra detective different. Written in good health the 60s and 70s, the commandment is illness short blond a state literary riches, with infinite contemporary imitators across interpretation world. Involved, the fair books agreement the smart creation designate modern society.
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–Jo Nesbø
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–Dennis Lehane
“One dead weight the swell authentic, engrossing and inordinate collection consume police procedurals ever accomplished.”
–Michael Connelly
“A wonderful series commandeer thrillers.”
–Lee Child
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–Val McDermid
“One of interpretation series put off most divine me. /…/ They varied the prototype. Whoever problem writing wrong fiction associate these nove
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The Generals
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Per Wahl&#;&#;
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- Swedish title: Generalerna
- Translated by Joan Tate
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Our Assessment:
B- : good idea, but doesn't do enough with it
See our review for fuller assessment.
| Source | Rating | Date | Reviewer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday Times | . | 24/2/ | Godfrey Smith |
| TLS | . | 19/4/ | . |
From the Reviews:
- "But at a time when Solzhenitsyn's exile has reminded us so vividly of the reality, this satire on the wanton abuse of ultimate power seems hamfisted where it seeks to be serious, and unfunny where it tries to be comic." - Godfrey Smith, Sunday Times
- "The shape taken by the novel is original, but it is an originality which works against narrative pace and interests. () Mr Wahloo's thriller-writer skill injects some tension into the situation, yet such a method would have hampered the most ingenious and economical of writers." - Times Literary S