The Rock Blaster by Henning Mankell

Author:Henning Mankell [Mankell, Henning]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 2020-02-18T00:00:00+00:00

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As soon as he came in, he saw Lindgren sitting in a corner of the kitchen sofa. There he was, pale and skinny, and it was obvious that he had not shaved for some weeks. As Oskar stood in the doorway, Lindgren gave him a lifeless look.

“Afternoon.”

“Afternoon.”

It was Lindgren’s mother who let Oskar in. She was more than seventy and had shrunk so much that she hardly reached up to Oskar’s chest. She held out her right hand, her brown arm like a weathered stick, and squeezed Oskar’s thumb.

“Well, if it isn’t Johansson come to visit. That’s unexpected.”

“I have the time now. I thought I’d say hello to Lindgren.”

“How kind. He doesn’t really see people now.”

Lindgren sat there staring dully and openmouthed at Oskar and his mother. He was wearing a shirt with large checks and had broad suspenders that hung down his pant legs. His hair was black and tangled and his large fists rested on the table.

Oskar looked at Lindgren. They had not seen each other for nearly a year. Oskar could tell that Lindgren had gotten worse. His eyes were watery now and lacking any expression. The last time Oskar had met him, there had still been occasional signs of alertness about him, faint but unmistakable indications that the brain was still receiving impressions and processing them.

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