The Man Who Went Up in Smoke

The Man Who Went Up in Smoke
First English edition
AuthorMaj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö
Original titleMannen som gick upp i rök
TranslatorJoan Tate[1]
LanguageSwedish
SeriesMartin Beck series
GenreNordic Noir
PublisherNorstedts Förlag (Swedish)
Pantheon Books (English)
Publication date
1966
Publication placeSweden
Published in English
1969
Pages189
Preceded byRoseanna 
Followed byThe Man on the Balcony 

The Man Who Went Up in Smoke (original title: Mannen som gick upp i rök) is a mystery novel by Swedish writers Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, published in 1966. It is part of their detective series revolving around Martin Beck and his team. In the novel, Beck returns to work and travels to Hungary to search for a missing journalist called Alf Matsson. After meeting the Budapest police and the criminal underground, he begins to wonder if Matsson ever entered the country.