One night Jose hears gunfire from the deserted theatre next door to his bakery. He races to the theatres uppermost gallery & there beneath him on a spotlit stage lies the wounded body of Nelio a street urchin renowned for living on his wits. Gasping the wounded boy asks to be taken to the roof to breathe the beautiful air fresh off the Indian Ocean. On that theatre roof his life ebbing away Nelio begins to tell Jose his extraordinary story... Henning Mankells Chronicler of the Winds is a dazzling new venture from the master of crime; a beautifully told fable of the African continent.