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15 East 12th Street, NY, NY 10003

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~ Mankell Tuesdays at Di Fiore Marquet! ~


Join us for the first (of what we plan to be a ...) monthly event, featuring the works of Swedish author, Henning Mankell.

TUESDAY, July 6, 6:00-8:00pm
FACELESS KILLERS
(The first Kurt Wallander novel - An elderly farm couple is brutally murdered; the only clue is the word "Foreign". Wallander must find the killers before local anger towards foreigners escalates)

TUESDAY, August 3, 6:00-8:00pm
DOGS OF RIGA (1991: Wallender and his team find themselves involved in a murder involving  the collapse of the Soviet Union and the effect this process has on them)
  
TUESDAY, September 7, 6:00-8:00 pm
THE WHITE LIONESS (In peaceful Southern Sweden Louise Åkerblom, an estate agent, pillar of the Methodist church, wife and mother, disappears. There is no explanation and no motive.  Wallendar and his team are called in to investigate)
 
TUESDAY. October 5, 6:00-8:00 pm 
THE MAN WHO SMILED (A disillusioned Inspector Kurt Wallander is thrown back into the fray when he becomes both hunter and hunted in this adventure from the pen of Sweden's master of crime and mystery)

Tuesday, November 2, 6:00-8:00 pm 
SIDETRACKED (Wallander deals with social obstacles, a long-distance relationship, and the haunting visions of a young girl setting herself afire... Fascinating and astute… a compelling mystery enhanced by keen social awareness – Random House) 

Tuesday, December 7, 6:00-8:00 pm 
 
THE FIFTH WOMAN (A daughter turns vigilante, punishing men who abuse women. Kurt and his team race to solve the crimes before society rips at the seams)

Tuesday, January 4, 2011, 6:00-8:00 pm 
ONE STEP BEHIND (Three young friends are murdered on Midsummer’s Eve; Wallander’s colleague is found dead – are the two crimes connected?) 

Tuesday, February 1, 2011, 6:00-8:00 pm 
FIREWALL (Two totally different cases, one bazaar, one mundane, become entwined and lead to a worldwide conspiracy)

  
Price: $25pp includes a prefix dinner, tax, tip, and a moderated discussion. The group is limited to 20 people


Reserve a spot by calling 212-229-0440

(pre-payment is not required, but we request that cancellations call to allow room for others) 

 

15 East 12th Street
New York, NY 10003
Phone: (212) 229-9313