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Arab Jazz
Karim Miske
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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 disbanded hip-hop group and the fiery extremist preachers that jostle for attention in the streets? And what is the mysterious blue pill that is taking the district by storm? Karim Miske demonstrates a sharp eye for character and an evocative sense of place, moving seamlessly between the sensual streets of Paris and the synagogues of New York to reveal the truth behind a horrifying crime.
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
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Ref
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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 between the Jewish and Islamic religions. Arab Jazz is the author's first novel.
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 twists through the mosques, prayer rooms and synagogues, where street preachers hustle for power, vendors ply their trade and a male and female detective duo are determined to unveil the mystery.
The Lady
Remarkable . . . a debut of notable assurance . . . Proof that French crime fiction is jostling its way to the top of the noir tree
Barry Forshaw
Independent
Miske's imaginative geography lies somewhere between the fantasy Belleville of Daniel Pennac..., the strange world of Fred Vargas, and the amoral fantastic of the television series Breaking Bad
Ruth Morse
Times Literary Supplement
Not to be missed
David Platzer
The Tablet
Exciting, informative, stimulating, and a little frightening
Marcel Berlins
The Times
A brilliant debut
Robin Yassin-Kassab
Guardian
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 twists through the mosques, prayer rooms and synagogues, where street preachers hustle for power, vendors ply their trade and a male and female detective duo are determined to unveil the mystery.
The Lady
Remarkable . . . a debut of notable assurance . . . Proof that French crime fiction is jostling its way to the top of the noir tree
Barry Forshaw
Independent
Miske's imaginative geography lies somewhere between the fantasy Belleville of Daniel Pennac..., the strange world of Fred Vargas, and the amoral fantastic of the television series Breaking Bad
Ruth Morse
Times Literary Supplement
Not to be missed
David Platzer
The Tablet
Exciting, informative, stimulating, and a little frightening
Marcel Berlins
The Times
A brilliant debut
Robin Yassin-Kassab
Guardian