Brother Kemal (Pi Kemal Kayankaya 5) - Softcover

Jakob Arjouni

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1842439650 ISBN 13: 9781842439654

Publisher: No Exit Press, 2013

Synopsis

Valerie de Chavannes, a financier's daughter, summons private investigator Kemal Kayankaya to her villa in Frankfurt's diplomatic quarter and commissions him to find her missing sixteen-year-old daughter Marieke. She is alleged to be with an older man who is posing as an artist. To Kayankaya, it seems like a simple case: an upper class girl with a thirst for adventure. Then another case turns up: The Maier Publishing House believes it needs to protect author Malik Rashid from attacks by religious fanatics at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Rashid has written a novel about, amongst other things, attitudes towards homosexuality in an Arabic country. Kayankaya is hired to be Rashid's bodyguard for three days. The two cases seem to be straightforward, but together they lead to murder, rape and abduction, and even Kayankaya comes under suspicion of being a contract killer for hire.

About this title

Review:

'Arjouni's fierce, funny satire... his sardonic, Marlovian tone is beautifully captured in Anthea Bell's translation, and the whole series should be on any crime connoisseur's bookshelf.' The Daily Telegraph (12 November) --The Daily Telegraph

About the Author:

Jakob Arjouni is the author of the celebrated Kayankaya novels featuring a Turkish detective in Frankfurt. Titles include Happy Birthday Turk, More Beer, One Man One Murder and Kismet. Magic Hoffmann, a standalone novel was shortlisted for the IMPAC Award. His last novel to be published in the UK was Chez Max. Sadly in January 2013 Jakob Arjouni died from pancreatic cancer aged just 48.

About this edition

• Publisher: No Exit Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1842439650
• ISBN 13: 9781842439654
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256