الرجل الذي سقط من السماء

On December 21, 1988, a bomb exploded on board a Boeing 747 over the Scottish village of Lockerbie, killing all 243 passengers and 16 crew members. Among the victims was Swedish diplomat Bernt Carlsson, Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations and Commissioner of Namibia, who was on his way to New York to sign the Tripartite Treaty that granted Namibia its independence. The Lockerbie bombings became one of the largest criminal investigations in the world, in scope and comprehensiveness, and Scottish police were soon joined by both the FBI and the British Security Service. Palestinian terrorists were initially suspected, but Libby was eventually convicted of the crime. It is a ruling that has come into increasing doubt over the years. But if Libya was not behind the terrorist attack, then who? Was Bernt Carlsson's presence on board just a coincidence? Who benefits from hiding the truth? Jan Stoklasa's The Man Who Fell from the Sky depicts the thrilling search to solve the mystery, but it also becomes a story about conspiracy theories and conflicts between great powers, about Sweden's place in the world and the efforts of the murdered Swedish diplomats for peace and independence.