MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2009504233
003 DLC
005 20100129123528.0
008 091214s2009 nyu 000 1 eng d
010 $a 2009504233
020 $a9780307390905 (pbk.)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn316030763
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050 00 $aPT9876.29.J63$bV4 2009
082 04 $a839.7/374$222
100 1 $aSjöwall, Maj,$d1935-
240 10 $aVedervärdige mannen från Säffle.$lEnglish
245 14 $aThe abominable man :$ba Martin Beck mystery /$cMaj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö ; translated from the Swedish by Thomas Teal.
250 $a2nd Vintage Crime / Black Lizard ed.
260 $aNew York :$bVintage Crime / Black Lizard,$c2009.
300 $a215 p. ;$c21 cm.
500 $aIntroduction, 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.
546 $aTranslated from the Swedish.
520 $a"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."
650 0 $aBeck, Martin (Fictitious character)$vFiction.
650 0 $aPolice$vFiction.
650 0 $aMurder$xInvestigation$vFiction.
650 0 $aPolice corruption$vFiction.
651 0 $aStockholm (Sweden)$vFiction.
655 7 $aMystery fiction.$2gsafd
700 1 $aWahlöö, Per,$d1926-1975.
700 1 $aTeal, Thomas.