A Treacherous Paradise

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A Treacherous Paradise

Editorial: Vintage

ISBN: 978-00-9957-217-6

ISBN sin guiones: 9780099572176

Tipo de cubierta: Softcover

Páginas: 400

Fecha de publicación: 2014-06-05

Idioma: inglés (Reino Unido)

A Treacherous Paradise

Editorial: Vintage

ISBN: 978-03-4580-252-1

ISBN sin guiones: 9780345802521

Tipo de cubierta: Softcover

Páginas: 384

Fecha de publicación: 2014-05-06

Idioma: inglés (Estados Unidos)

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A Treacherous Paradise

Henning Mankell

Primera publicación: 2014-06-05

A Treacherous Paradise sees Henning Mankell turn his talents for writing gripping thrillers to a world where power and powerlessness meet and passion is a dangerous commodity. Hanna Lundmark escapes the brutal poverty of rural Sweden for a job as a cook onboard a steamship headed for Australia. Jumping ship at the African port of Lourenço Marques, Hanna decides to begin her life afresh. Stumbling across what she believes to be a down-at-heel hotel, Hanna becomes embroiled in a sequence of events that lead to her inheriting the most successful brothel in town. Uncomfortable with the attitudes of the white settlers, Hanna is determined to befriend the prostitutes working for her, and change life in the town for the better, but the distrust between blacks and whites, and the shadow of colonialism, lead to tragedy and murder.