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082	0	4	_aFIC MAN
100	1		_aMankell, Henning _d(1948-2015)
240	1	0	_aDjup _l. English
245	1	0	_aDepths _c/ Henning Mankell ; translated from the Swedish by Laurie Thompson
260			_aNew York _b: The New Press _c, 2007, c2006.
300			_a403 p. _c; 25 cm.
500			_aOriginally published: London : Harvill Secker, 2006.
520			_aLars Tobiasson-Svartman is the image of probity and rationality. An ace hydrographic engineer who accurately gauges distances and depths at a glance, Lars lulls himself to sleep each night clutching one of his sounding weights to his chest. He has married well but finds domesticity suffocating and much prefers the regimented, masculine environment aboard a naval vessel. In 1914, on a secret mission off the coast of Sweden, Lars discovers a beautiful woman living alone on a barren island. He spies on her from afar, becomes infatuated, and eventually ends up having an affair with her, ignoring the fact that his wife has just given birth back in Stockholm. Lars spins an increasingly complex web of lies to conceal each woman's existence from the other, and when it inevitably unravels he responds with shocking brutality. Is his true nature finally coming to the surface? Mankell's slow pacing requires some patience, and the Scandinavian gloom is oppressive.
650		0	_aMarine engineers _x--Sweden _z--Fiction
650			_aMen _x-Psychology _v--Fiction
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