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Jakob Arjouni | Happy birthday, Türke! | English Title: Happy Birthday, Turk!<br>Novel, 176 Pages

Novel, Paperback
176 Pages
Published in 1987

ISBN 978-3-257-21544-1
€ (D) 9.90 / (A) 10.20
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Jakob Arjouni
Happy birthday, Türke!

English Title: Happy Birthday, Turk!

A Turkish worker is stabbed to death in Frankfurt's red-light district - no reason for the police to work overtime. Kemal Kayankaya, however, has a different attitude. A 26-year-old, born in Turkey but raised in Germany, he is no stranger to the wrong end of racial harassment. He is also a private investigator, hired to find the killer and the motive for the crime. Not only by colour, but also by character and profession, Kayankaya is the outsider and the outcast, looking in at a rampantly unjust society. In his pursuit of the killer he encounters vicious pimps, over-eager bouncers and easy women, survives beatings, gas attacks and a close encounter with a Fiat and uncovers a drug ring built on the exploitation of Turkish immigrants. Jakob Arjouni's novel confronts police corruption, endemic racism and the spiritual malaise in the German body politic. Published in: UK (No Exit Press / Olcastle Books) France (Fayard) Japan (Parol Sha) Greece (Kastaniotis) Russia (AP-U-Factory)

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»›Happy Birthday Turk!‹ is an exceptional achievement ... It lingers in the mind, a bitter lesson but thrilling in the telling.«Library Journal

»A remarkable debut.«The Guardian

»A blistering debut: outcast Kayankaya is a perfect hard-boiled detective.«Kirkus Reviews

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