The Resource The abominable man : a Martin Beck mystery, Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö ; translated from the Swedish by Thomas Teal
The abominable man : a Martin Beck mystery, Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö ; translated from the Swedish by Thomas Teal
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The item The abominable man : a Martin Beck mystery, Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö ; translated from the Swedish by Thomas Teal represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in DC Public Library System.
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- Summary
- "Seventh novel in the Martin Beck mystery series, " together known as "The story of crime." "The gruesome murder of a police captain in his hospital room reveals the unsavory history of a man who spent forty years practicing a horrible blend of strongarm police work and sheer brutality. Martin Beck and his colleagues feverishly comb Stockholm for the murderer, a demented and deadly rifleman, who has plans for even more chaos. As the tension builds and a feeling of imminent danger grips Bec, his investigation unearths evidence of police corruption."
- Language
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- eng
- swe
- eng
- Edition
- Second Vintage Crime / Black Lizard edition
- Extent
- 215 pages
- Note
- Introduction, c2009 ; This translation originally published in a slightly different form in hardcover in the U.S. by Pantheon Books, 1972, and by Vintage Books, 1980. -- T.p. verso
- Isbn
- 9780307390905
- Label
- The abominable man : a Martin Beck mystery
- Title
- The abominable man
- Title remainder
- a Martin Beck mystery
- Statement of responsibility
- Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö ; translated from the Swedish by Thomas Teal
- Language
-
- eng
- swe
- eng
- Summary
- "Seventh novel in the Martin Beck mystery series, " together known as "The story of crime." "The gruesome murder of a police captain in his hospital room reveals the unsavory history of a man who spent forty years practicing a horrible blend of strongarm police work and sheer brutality. Martin Beck and his colleagues feverishly comb Stockholm for the murderer, a demented and deadly rifleman, who has plans for even more chaos. As the tension builds and a feeling of imminent danger grips Bec, his investigation unearths evidence of police corruption."
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1935-2020
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Sjöwall, Maj
- Dewey number
- 839.7/374
- Index
- no index present
- Language note
- Translated from the Swedish
- LC call number
- PT9876.29.J63
- LC item number
- V4 2009
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1926-1975
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Wahlöö, Per
- Teal, Thomas
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Beck, Martin (Fictitious character)
- Police
- Murder
- Police corruption
- Stockholm (Sweden)
- Label
- The abominable man : a Martin Beck mystery, Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö ; translated from the Swedish by Thomas Teal
- Note
- Introduction, c2009 ; This translation originally published in a slightly different form in hardcover in the U.S. by Pantheon Books, 1972, and by Vintage Books, 1980. -- T.p. verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 2009504233
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Edition
- Second Vintage Crime / Black Lizard edition
- Extent
- 215 pages
- Isbn
- 9780307390905
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Lccn
- 2009504233
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Label
- The abominable man : a Martin Beck mystery, Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö ; translated from the Swedish by Thomas Teal
- Note
- Introduction, c2009 ; This translation originally published in a slightly different form in hardcover in the U.S. by Pantheon Books, 1972, and by Vintage Books, 1980. -- T.p. verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 2009504233
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Edition
- Second Vintage Crime / Black Lizard edition
- Extent
- 215 pages
- Isbn
- 9780307390905
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Lccn
- 2009504233
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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