
Fredrik Welin is a seventy-year-old retired doctor Years ago he retreated to the Swedish archipelago where he lives alone on an island He swims in the sea every day cutting a hole in the ice if necessary He lives a quiet life Until he wakes up one night to find his house on fire Fredrik escapes just in time wearing two left-footed wellies as neighbouring islanders arrive to help douse the flames All that remains in the morning is a stinking ruin & evidence of arson The house that has been in his family for generations & all his worldly belongings are gone He cannot think who would do such a thing or why Without a suspect the police begin to think he started the fire himself Tackling love loss & loneliness After the Fire is Henning Mankell’s compelling last novel