Before the Frost
- For the film Innan frosten, see Wallander – Innan frosten.
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| Author | Henning Mankell |
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| Original title | Innan frosten |
| Translator | Ebba Segerberg |
| Language | Swedish |
| Series | Kurt Wallander |
| Genre | Crime novel |
| Publisher | Leopard förlag |
Publication date | 2002 |
| Publication place |  Sweden |
Published in English | 2004 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover, Paperback) |
| Pages | 388 pp (Eng. hardback trans.) |
| ISBN | ISBN 1-84343-113-0 (Eng. trans.) Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character |
| Preceded by | Firewall |
| Followed by | The Worried Man |
Before the Frost (Innan Frosten) is a novel by Swedish crime-writer Henning Mankell.
The main protagonist is Linda Wallander, daughter of Inspector Wallander. The book was to be the first in a three-book series with Linda as the main character. However Mankell abandoned the series after just one novel when the actress playing Linda on Swedish TV, Johanna Salstrom, committed suicide in 2007.[1]
Kurt Wallander and Stefan Lindman (the protagonist from The Return of the Dancing Master) also feature in the novel.
Adaptations
A feature film adaptation directed by Kjell-Åke Andersson was made in 2004 and released in Swedish cinemas on 14 January 2005. It stars Johanna Sällström as Linda and Krister Henriksson as Kurt. The film also serves as the opening installment of Mankell's Wallander, a series of theatrical and straight-to-video films based on story outlines by Mankell but otherwise unconnected to the novels. Sällström and Henriksson reprise their roles in these films.
The BBC included an adaptation of the story in the British television adaptation of Mankell's Wallander novels, with Kenneth Branagh playing the role of Kurt Wallander.
A stage adaptation authorised by Mankell was premiered at the Westphalia State Theatre in Paderborn, Germany, in 2006.
External links
- Novel's entry on Wallander fan site
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