MAJ SJÖWALL AND
PER WAHLÖÖ
The Abominable Man
Translated from the Swedish by Joan Tate
4th Estate
An imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF
This ebook first published by Harper Perennial in 2009
This 4th Estate edition published in 2016
This translation first published by Random House Inc,
New York, in 1972
Originally published in Sweden by P. A. Norstedt & Söners Forlag
Copyright text © Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö 1971
Copyright introduction © Arne Dahl 2009
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This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the authors' imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.
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Source ISBN: 9780007439171
Ebook Edition © DECEMBER 2013 ISBN: 9780007323449
Version: 2016-03-30
From the reviews of the Martin Beck series:
‘First class’
Daily Telegraph
‘One of the most authentic, gripping and profound collections of police procedural ever accomplished’
MICHAEL CONNELLY
‘Hauntingly effective storytelling’
New York Times
‘There's just no question about it: the reigning King and Queen of mystery fiction are Maj Sjöwall and her husband Per Wahlöö’
The National Observer
‘Sjöwall/Wahlöö are the best writers of police procedural in the world’
Birmingham Post
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