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Henning Mankell, author

Tim Franks speaks to politically outspoken crime writer, Henning Mankell, about his response to the recent massacre in Norway.

Tim Franks speaks to Henning Mankell, one of the most successful crime writers in the world. His books, set in his native Sweden, have sold in their tens of millions. He's also known for his trenchant political views. It's the role of intellectuals, he says, not just to write, but to act; to stand up and do. So what does he believe should be the response, if any, to the mass killings by a white supremacist in his home region of Scandinavia?

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