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Loading... Kismet: Ein Kayankaya-Roman (original 2001; edition 2002)by Jakob Arjouni
Work InformationKismet by Jakob Arjouni (2001)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I enjoyed this book and found many original elements in it. Good read! ( ) An enjoyable enough diversion, though it never rises above that. The ending feels simultaneously both a tad predictable, and extremely contrived. (Perhaps the linguistic misunderstanding final revelation feels less forced in the original German?) I don't regret reading it, but I certainly can't see myself ever re-reading it.
Trotz der zu stark gezeichneten Figur Kayankayas ist Jakob Arjouni ein überaus unterhaltsamer und dabei intelligenter Krimi gelungen, der mit amerikanischen und britischen Vorbildern durchaus konkurrieren kann. Very well done, Mr. Arjouni! Is contained in
"Kemal Kayankaya is the ultimate outsider among hard-boiled private eyes." --Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review OVER 1 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE As a Turkish immigrant raised by Germans, he's regularly subjected to racism in the gritty, working-class city, and getting work isn't easy. So when his friend Romario asks Kayankaya to protect him against thugs demanding protection money from his restaurant business, the down-and-out Kayankaya takes the job. Except these are no ordinary thugs. They turn out to be battle-hardened Croatian nationalists looking to take over the rackets in Frankfurt, and they do not take kindly to Kayankaya's interference with their plans. But try as he might, Kayankaya just can't seem to stay out of their way ... What ensues is a brilliant novel about organized crime, immigration, the fallout from the Balkan wars, and the madness of nationalism from one of Europe's finest crime writers. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)833.914Literature German literature and literatures of related languages German fiction Modern period (1900-) 1900-1990 1945-1990LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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