Quicksand What it means to be a human being by Henning Mankell is published on the 4th February.
Today in the guardian there is an article with some of his ideas on mortality , moments of intense fear, hope and happiness.
Because we have been talking about our schooldays and the past , the article seems significant
He says 'Children are extremely serious creatures. Not least when they reach the age when they slowly take the step that changes them into conscious human beings - conscious of the fact that they have an identity that cannot be changed. Over the years what one looks like in a mirror changes, but behind that mirror image is always the real you. '
My thought is that Bedlington helped produce the people we have become.
For Canny Lass / in the article he talks about Gothenburg , Vallakra, Landskrona Varberg Laholm and Kungsbacka.
This guy who died of cancer last autumn wrote Wallander.