Although many of his other novels are brilliant there is a power in 'Oliver Twist' that I believe Dickens never managed to retrieve. It is as if he was sent to this earth with the sole purpose of writing this book.
Henning MankellWe used to send whole flocks of birds shooting out of our mouths and never managed to grab them by their wings.
Henning MankellAfrica was the most exotic place I could conceive of - the end of the world - and I knew I would go there one day.
Henning Mankell