In January 2014 Henning Mankell was informed that he had cancer. Mankell writes about love and jealousy, courage and fear, about what it is like to live with a fatal illness. It is a book about how humanity has lived and continues to live, and about how Henning lived his own life.

In January 2014 Henning Mankell was informed that he had cancer. Mankell writes about love and jealousy, courage and fear, about what it is like to live with a fatal illness. It is a book about how humanity has lived and continues to live, and about how Henning lived his own life.