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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     More Content       More by this author     Wahlöö, Per, 1926-1975.     Subjects     Murder -- Fiction.     Diplomats -- Fiction.     Corruption -- Fiction.     South America -- Fiction.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Wahlöö, Per, 1926-1975.       by title:      The assignment : a n...      Uppdraget....      Uppdraget. English E...       by call number:      FICTION WAH     Search the Web     Wahlöö, Per, 1926-1975.     Murder -- Fiction.     Diplomats -- Fiction.     Corruption -- Fiction.     South America -- Fiction.       MARC Display

The assignment : a novel / Per Wahloo ; translated from the Swedish by Joan Tate. by Wahlöö, Per, 1926-1975. Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, 2013. Call #: FICTION WAH Subjects Murder -- Fiction.   Diplomats -- Fiction.   Corruption -- Fiction.   South America -- Fiction. ISBN:  9780307744760 (trade pbk.) 0307744760 (trade pbk.) Uniform title:  Uppdraget. English English Alternate title:  Uppdraget. Edition:  1st Vintage Crime/Black Lizard ed. Description:  243 p. ; 21 cm. Notes:  Original Swedish language title: Uppdraget. Translated from the Swedish. Summary:  The Provincial Resident of a desolate province in a South America has been assassinated. When Manuel Ortega, a minor diplomat, accepts the appointment as the dead man's successor, it seems a foolhardy decision. From the day he assumes his post he is plunged into a violent, corrupt world, where two extremist political factions are at odds. Ortega is caught in the middle, surrounded by people he's not sure he can trust--his alluring secretary, the cynical chief of police, and the sullen bodyguards who try to keep the Resident alive. As the tension rises, Ortega must take action. Genre:  Suspense fiction. Mystery fiction. Swedish fiction -- Translations into English. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   J. D. Shatford Memorial Public Library Adult Mystery Fiction FICTION WAH Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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