One night Jos Antonio Maria Vaz hears gunfire from the deserted theatre nextdoor to his bakery. He races to the theatres uppermost gallery and therebeneath him ... » 

One night Jos Antonio Maria Vaz hears gunfire from the deserted theatre nextdoor to his bakery. He races to the theatres uppermost gallery and therebeneath him on a spot lit stage lies the wounded body of Nelio a street urchinrenowned for living on his wits. Gasping the wounded boy asks to be taken tothe roof to breathe the beautiful air fresh off the Indian Ocean. On thattheatre roof his life ebbing away Nelio begins his story. Henning MankellsCHRONICLER OF THE WINDS is a dazzling new venture from the master of crime abeautifully told fable of the African continent. «