Posted on 01/12/07
I saw mommy killing Santa Claus
KENNEDY'S BRAINBy Henning Mankell, translated by Laurie Thompson, Knopf Canada, 328 pages, $32Henning Mankell has emerged as the superstar of the new Scandinavian school of crime fiction. Kennedy's Brain has all his trademarks: fine characters, a complex plot, a moody, expressive style. It's also a top-notch thriller taking us from the Greek islands to northern Sweden, then to Barcelona and Mozambique, as a woman seeks the reason for her son's death.
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