ABOUT THE BOOK

Fred, Nickel and Annette share a dream, to escape to Canada, away from the crushing boredom of provincial Germany. Canada - where you can live free, rent a house on the lake, go fishing, become a famous photographer....but such dreams cost money...and money comes from...banks. But the great bank robbery goes horribly wrong, Fred is arrested but as in all good movies he doesn't grass up his friends.

Four years later, Fred is out and heads for Berlin, a city in flux after the dismantling of the Wall. He is pursuing his money, his friends and still, his Canadian dream. But for Annette and Nickel life has moved on... Magic Hoffman is a superb novel about contemporary Germany and about one man's refusal to be brought down by his country and his "friends".

CRITICAL ACCLAIM

Jakob Arjouni writes the best urban thrillers since Raymond Chandler.' Tempo, Hamburg.

'A remarkable debut' - The London Guardian

'..tautly narrated..not a word wasted' - London Sunday Times

'An exceptional achievement' - Hungry Mind Review

'The greatest German mystery novel since WWII' - Suddeutsche Zeitung

'A worthy grandson of Marlowe and Spade.' - Stern

'The latest wunderkind.' - Der Speigel

'Germany's youngest and hottest mystery writer' - Wiener

'A pitch black noir, powerful and tasty' - La Depeche

'The protagonist of a most successful series of novels.' - Panorama

'Unusually gifted...' - Neue Zurcher Zeitung

Magic Hoffman Limited Edition

There are a limited number of copies available of the hardback edition of Magic Hoffman at £12.00. Please specify ISBN 1901982114 on your order.