17%OFF
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Arab Jazz
Karim Miske
€ 13.99
€ 11.65
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Arab Jazz
Paperback. A ritualistic murder threatens to destabilise the turbulent multicultural melting pot of suburban Paris Translator(s): Gordon, Sam. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 206.
Kosher sushi, kebabs, a second-hand bookshop and a bar: the 19th arrondissement in Paris is a cosmopolitan district where multicultural citizens live, love and worship alongside one another. This peace is shattered when Ahmed Taroudant's melancholy daydreams are interrupted by the blood dripping from his upstairs neighbour's brutally mutilated corpse. The violent murder of Laura Vignole, and the pork joint placed next to her, set imaginations ablaze across the neighbourhood, and Ahmed finds himself the prime suspect. But detectives Rachel Kupferstein and Jean Hamelot are not short of other leads. What is the connection between a ... Read more
Kosher sushi, kebabs, a second-hand bookshop and a bar: the 19th arrondissement in Paris is a cosmopolitan district where multicultural citizens live, love and worship alongside one another. This peace is shattered when Ahmed Taroudant's melancholy daydreams are interrupted by the blood dripping from his upstairs neighbour's brutally mutilated corpse. The violent murder of Laura Vignole, and the pork joint placed next to her, set imaginations ablaze across the neighbourhood, and Ahmed finds himself the prime suspect. But detectives Rachel Kupferstein and Jean Hamelot are not short of other leads. What is the connection between a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
218g
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848664395
SKU
V9781848664395
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2
About Karim Miske
Karim Miske (Author) Born in 1964 in Abidjan to a Mauritanian father and a French mother, Karim Miske grew up in Paris before leaving to study journalism in Dakar. He now lives in France, and is making documentary films on a wide range of subjects including deafness, for which he learned sign language, and the common roots ... Read more
Reviews for Arab Jazz
A poetic take on the traditional noir thriller
Natalie Bowen
Scotsman
Fascinating police procedural that takes on a new dimension after the Charlie Hebdo massacre
The Sun
A brazenly political crime novel for our times, it tackles hard-hitting and topical themes of religious fundamentalism, drugs and urban alienation. With a gift for setting, Miske's narrative ... Read more
Natalie Bowen
Scotsman
Fascinating police procedural that takes on a new dimension after the Charlie Hebdo massacre
The Sun
A brazenly political crime novel for our times, it tackles hard-hitting and topical themes of religious fundamentalism, drugs and urban alienation. With a gift for setting, Miske's narrative ... Read more