More Beer

Name: More Beer
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4 (1 reviews)
Author: Jakob Arjouni
ISBN: 9781609984441

Author: Jakob Arjouni, Anselm Hollo

Series: Kayankaya Series #2

Narrator: Steven Crossley

Unabridged: 4 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Publishing

Published: 06/01/2011

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Hard-boiled, Suspense & Thriller, International Crime & Mystery

Synopsis

Wisecracking PI Kemal Kayankaya cares more about sausage and beer than politics, but when he is hired to defend four eco-terrorists charged with murdering the owner of a chemical plant, he finds himself stuck in the middle of Germany's culture wars. It doesn't take long for Kayankaya to realize that the whole situation stinks and that both the Left and the Right have blood on their hands. And is the fiery journalist Carla Reedermann dogging his steps because she smells a story, or is she after something more?A hardboiled noir in the Chandler tradition that also provides a wry critique of contemporary racial and environmental politics, More Beer shows why Jakob Arjouni's series of Kayankaya novels has become a bestselling international sensation.

About Jakob Arjouni

Jakob Arjouni has written novels, plays, screenplays, and the Kemal Kayankaya mystery series. His other publications include his urban novel Magic Hoffmann, which was shortlisted for the IMPAC Award, and the story collections Ein Freund and Idiots: Five Fairy Tales and Other Stories. Arjouni divides his time between Germany and France.

About Steven Crossley

Steven Crossley has narrated more than 200 audiobooks and has won multiple Earphones Awards. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and has an acting career in theater, television, film, and even radio.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jon

A private eye in Germany (Kemal Kayankaya) is hired to help defend four eco-terrorists who are charged with murdering a chemical plant owner...but maybe that is just a way to cover up a much deeper crime. Because Kemal was born in Turkey he must try to 'squeeze' through doors that everyone wants to......more

Goodreads review by Emmet

Set in 1986 Frankfurt. Kemal Kayankaya is a Turkish-born German PI in that classic Marlowe/Rockford mould. He gets beat up a lot, he rarely gets paid, he gets in a lot of zingers. Even thought the plot sometimes goes amorphous, and the translation is not seamless, this is very enjoyable.......more

Goodreads review by Andrea

Herrlich dreckiger Detektiv-Roman, ganz im Stil der alten Helden. Auf allen Ebenen völlig überzogen und unrealistisch, wunderbar schnelle Unterhaltungs-Lektüre.......more

Goodreads review by John

Much better than any television detective story could ever be is a novel by Jakob Arjouni. He was a brilliant author!......more