The Man from Beijing

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
Henning Mankell discusses his new global thriller, The Man from Beijing. The novel tells the story of a massacre in the Swedish hamlet of Hesjövallen, and the investigation that leads to Beijing, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique, as well back 150 years into the history of the slave trade between China and the United States.

Events:
Henning Mankell will be reading and signing books
Thursday, February 18, at 7:00 pm
The Strand BookStore
828 Broadway at 12th Street

He’ll also be reading and signing books
Friday, February 19, at 7:00 pm
Barnes & Noble, Upper East Side
150 East 86th Street at Lexington Avenue

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