Henning Mankell’s novel Kennedy’s Brain [ISBN 978 1 846 55030 0] is disappointing – after the wonderful series of Kurt Wallender novels he then wrote the very strange Depths – and even though this is not on the same bookshelf as that weird book, it still is quite difficult to get into. It has a very tangential way of getting into its subject – Aids in Africa, obviously Mankells major interest – but a highly convoluted plot knit with layers of mysterious happenings set up the reader for some answers that never really arrive.
Henning Mankell’s novel Kennedy’s Brain [ISBN 978 1 846 55030 0] is disappointing – after the wonderful series of Kurt Wallender novels he then wrote the very strange Depths – and even though this is not on the same bookshelf as that weird book, it still is quite difficult to get into. It has a very tangential way of getting into its subject – Aids in Africa, obviously Mankells major interest – but a highly convoluted plot knit with layers of mysterious happenings set up the reader for some answers that never really arrive. |