I haven't read any of Henning Mankell's Kurt Wallander novels in at least three years, I believe, but
An Event in Autumn grabbed me because Wallander retreats to the countryside to get away from all his stressors to take a big time-out by residing in an old farmhouse with a marvelous garden, where he (naturally) discovers parts of a dead body, and off we go on another wonderful adventure.
I love characters who decide to "hermitize" for a while in the rural hinterlands because I so completely identify with that wish and have never wavered from this pursuit.
Just a week until publication in the slow-to-publish U.S.! I realize from my internet browsing that it will be a BBC production this fall somewhere. Have you read the book or seen the BBC production?
I can't wait to see the BBC production, didn't know about it.
ReplyDeleteI haven't heard of this book, but identify with the need to hermitize and destress. I do this in my apartment in the middle of New York City, turn on the a/c, the TV and get out my books and snacks. However, I could love to be in a rural area with a garden, a lake and beautiful trees.
I have geraniums in a window box, which I love.
Look forward to reading your review.