Nabokov's Dozen Henning Mankell travels to the edge of

travels to the edge of the galaxy

her home - all burned

So when they are ordered to investigate an apparently open-and-shut case

Tess joins the defence team

With his precious library of knowledge destroyed

Nabokov's Dozen Henning Mankell travels to the edge ofThirteen strangely wrought, ingeniously crafted stories make up Nabokov's baker's dozen. In some of these stories shadowy people pass through, cooped up by life, with nowhere to escape to. Their dreams lie stifled, smothered by routine and repetition, and frustrations lurk in all the corners. In others, elusive glimpses of fleeting happiness, which flutter away before they can be snatched, waylay their victims. Like the shimmer of the sea, the gleam