One Man, One Murder, Jakob Arjouni
One Man, One Murder, Jakob Arjouni
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One Man, One Murder

Author: Jakob Arjouni

Narrator: Steven Crossley

Unabridged: 5 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/01/2011

Synopsis

Love is never easy—especially when your girlfriend is an illegal Thai prostitute who has been kidnapped (again) by a gang of sex traffickers. Fortunately for the hapless fiance╠ü, wisecracking gumshoe Kemal Kayankaya is on the case. The son of a Turkish garbage collector, he knows a thing or two about living in the ethnic fringes of the ugliest German city of them all: Frankfurt.Kayankaya plunges into the city's underbelly, where the police don't care if you live or die, and the powerful view an illegal alien as just another paycheck. One Man, One Murder populates its pages with unforgettable characters, whip-smart dialogue, and a connoisseur's collection of grim details. But it is Arjouni's dead-on description of contemporary Europe's racial politics, vacuous nationalism, and social injustice that make his novels rise above the rest.

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, a graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, has built a career on both sides of the Atlantic as an actor and audiobook narrator, for which he has won more than a dozen AudioFile Earphones Awards and been a nominee for the prestigious Audie Award. He is a member of the internationally renowned theater company Complicite and has appeared in numerous theater, television, film, and radio dramas.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Marina

Kayankaya has grown up a little, he is more mature and compassionate in this book than in the first two in the series. Although he still navigates the underbelly and casual racism of German society with his unique brand of sarcasm and rebellion. A delight of well-written dialogue, real Frankfurt atm......more

Goodreads review by Stacia

It was a decent & timely (even though it's from the 1990s) mystery/investigation because it deals with immigrants & issues related to that. I'd recommend it if you're in the mood for a gritty, hard-boiled detective story with an international flavor.......more

Goodreads review by Robert

Hard-boiled prose, lean, clean dialogue, hard bitten as Sam Spade, cynically cool as Philip Marlowe. Kemal Kayankaya is a worthy successor to the great noir characters and hard boiled detectives of the past. This isn't a parody or a cheap imitation, Jakob Arjouni has created the real thing. Beautifu......more

Goodreads review by Maddy

PROTAGONIST: PI Kemal Kayankaya SETTING: Frankfurt, Germany SERIES: #3 RATING: 3.5 WHY: Turkish PI Kemal Kayankaya lives in Frankfurt, Germany and faces quite a bit of racism in his daily life. He is hired by by a man named Weidenbusch who was involved with Sri Dao, a Thai woman who has gone missing. He......more

Goodreads review by Gözde

Ana karakter Türk bir dedektifti ve ben bunu kitabı okumaya başlamadan bilmiyordum. Kemal Kayankaya karakteri öyle sevdirdi ki kendini bana! Normalde böylesine ısınabilmem için karaktere uzun soluklu bir kitap olması ya da seriye ait olması gerekir romanın. Ama yazarın kalemi çok hoşuma gitti, mizah......more

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