| The Man Who Smiled | |
| Title Orig: | Mannen som log |
| Translator: | Laurie Thompson |
| Author: | Henning Mankell |
| Country: | Sweden |
| Language: | Swedish |
| Series: | Kurt Wallander #4 |
| Genre: | Crime, Mystery novel |
| Publisher: | Ordfront |
| Pub Date: | 1994 |
| English Pub Date: | September 2005 |
| Media Type: | Print (Hardcover, Paperback) |
| Pages: | 336 pp (Eng. hardback trans.) |
| Isbn: | 1-84343-098-3 |
| Isbn Note: | (Eng. trans.) |
| Oclc: | 60513794 |
| Preceded By: | The White Lioness |
| Followed By: | Sidetracked |
The Man Who Smiled (original: Mannen som log) is a novel by Swedish crime-writer Henning Mankell, and is the fourth in the Inspector Wallander series, although the English translations have not been published in chronological order.[1] [2]
After killing a man in the line of duty (in The White Lioness), Inspector Kurt Wallander finds himself spiraling into an alcohol-fueled depression. He has just decided to leave the police when an old friend, Sten Torstensson, asks him to secretly investigate the recent death of his father in a car accident. At first Kurt dismisses his friend's suspicions as unlikely, but then Sten is found murdered in exactly the same manner as a Norwegian businessman shortly before. Against his previous judgement, Kurt returns to work to investigate what he is convinced is a case of double murder.
In 2003, The Man Who Smiled was adapted by Swedish public broadcaster Sveriges Television into a two-hour television movie, starring Rolf Lassgård as Wallander. The Man Who Smiled has also been adapted into a 90-minute television episode for the BBC's Wallander series starring Kenneth Branagh as Wallander. It was first broadcast on 10 January 2010.