Arab Jazz, 9781848664395
Paperback
Paris peace shattered by murder, suspicion, and multicultural secrets.
  • Paperback

    304 pages

  • Release Date

    9 November 2015

Summary

Arab Jazz: A Parisian Murder Mystery

Kosher sushi, kebabs, a second-hand bookshop and a bar: the 19th arrondissement in Paris is a cosmopolitan district where multicultural citizens live, love and worship alongside one another. This peace is shattered when Ahmed Taroudant’s melancholy daydreams are interrupted by the blood dripping from his upstairs neighbour’s brutally mutilated corpse.

The violent murder of Laura Vignole, and the pork joint placed next to her, set imaginat…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781848664395
ISBN-10:1848664397
Author:Sam Gordon, Karim Miské
Publisher:Quercus Publishing
Imprint:MacLehose Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:304
Release Date:9 November 2015
Weight:243g
Dimensions:200mm x 125mm x 18mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

Not to be missed

A brilliant debut - The Guardian

Exciting, informative, stimulating, and a little frightening - The Times

Not to be missed - The Tablet

First time novelist Miske, a filmmaker in his native France, offers up a poetic take on the traditional noir thriller which is one for crime fiction fans looking for something different to the usual tales of cops and robbers. - Dubbo Weekender

About The Author

Sam Gordon

Karim Miske (Author)

Born in 1964 in Abidjan to a Mauritanian father and a French mother, Karim Miske grew up in Paris before leaving to study journalism in Dakar. He now lives in France and is making documentary films on a wide range of subjects including deafness, for which he learned sign language, and the common roots between the Jewish and Islamic religions. Arab Jazz is the author’s first novel.

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