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by Jakob Arjouni |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY ISBN: 9781842432594Price: £7.99 Casing: Paperback Format: B (198 x 129mm) Extent: 192pp Rights: UK & Commonwealth Pub. Date: February 2009 ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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ABOUT THE BOOK
Securely fenced off from the rest of the world, life in Euroasia and North America, except for a handful of suicide bombings and border disputes, is constantly improving. On the other side of the fence, countries are being exploited and wracked by regression, dictatorship, and religious fanaticism. People live in poverty and misery. Max Schwartzwald is the owner of Chez Max, a smart Parisian restaurant but also an Ashcroft agent, a member of a secret government organisation whose mission is to promptly identify and weed out anything that may threaten the political status quo. Schwartzwald's biggest problem is his Ashcroft partner, Chen Wu,a self-righteous loudmouth, who leaves no taboo unbroken, attacks every human weakness and takes liberties at will - all because of the spectacular successes he has achieved within the organisation. But is Chen a double agent who is bringing illegal immigrants into the Euroasian world and is this the opportunity for Max to get rid of his partner once and for all? CRITICAL ACCLAIM "...A worthy grandson of Marlowe and Spade...." - Stern "...Jakob Arjouni writes the best urban thrillers since Raymond Chandler..." - Tempo "...There is hardly another German-speaking writer who is as sure of his milieu as Arjouni is. He draws incredibly vivid pictures of people and their fates in just a few words. He is a master of the sketch – and the caricature – who operates with the most economic of means...." - Die Welt, Berlin "...Arjouni is a master of authentic background descriptions and an original story teller..." - Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung "...Arjouni tells real-life stories, and they virtually never have a happy ending. He tells them so well, with such flexible dialogue and cleverly maintained tension, that it is impossible to put his books down..." - El País, Madrid "...His virtuosity, humour and feeling for tension are a ray of hope in literature on the other side of the Rhine..." - Actuel, Paris "...A genuine storyteller who beguiles his readers without the need of tricks..." - L'Unità, Milan
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HOW TO BUY By phone:+44 20 7430 1021 By fax: +44 20 7430 0021 By post: 21 Great Ormond Street, London WC1N 3JB Subject to international copyright law, No Exit Press titles are available in all good bookstores. If your favourite bookstore does not stock No Exit Press titles, hassle them. OTHER TITLES AVAILABLE FROM THIS AUTHOR Happy Birthday, Turk FORTHCOMING TITLES Chez Max (hardback) |
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