The Abominable Man
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| The Abominable Man | |
| Author | Sjöwall and Wahlöö |
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| Original title | Den vedervärdige mannen från Säffle |
| Country | Sweden |
| Language | Swedish |
| Series | Martin Beck series |
| Publisher | Norstedts Förlag |
| Publication date | 1971 |
| Pages | 194 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 91-1-715611-4 |
| OCLC | 13383505 |
| Preceded by | Murder at the Savoy |
| Followed by | The Locked Room |
The Abominable Man (Den vedervärdige mannen från Säffle) is a Swedish crime novel by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö from 1971 in the series revolving around police detective Martin Beck.
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[edit] Plot summary
A senior policeman known for brutality is violently knifed while in his hospital bed. Within a 24 hour period, Martin Beck searches through the policeman's many enemies for the killer, for whom the murder was only a precursor to a Charles Whitman-style attack on Stockholm.
[edit] Characters and their development
Martin Beck and his now grown-up daughter Ingrid develop their friendship; they eat out together.
[edit] Trivia
This is one of Donald Knuth's favourite novels: [1] he calls it "one of Sjöwall and Wahlöö's brilliantly Swedish detective novels".
[edit] Film
The book was made into a film in 1976, by director Bo Widerberg, renamed The Man on the Roof (Mannen på taket).
| Preceded by Murder at the Savoy |
"Martin Beck" timeline, part 7 of 10 | Succeeded by The Locked Room |
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