Arab jazz / Karim Miské ; translated from the French by Sam Gordon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miské, Karim, author.

Contributor:

Gordon, Sam, 1985- translator.

Standardized Title:

Arab jazz. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Paris (France)--Fiction.

Paris (France).

New York (N.Y.)--Fiction.

New York (N.Y.).

National Book Committee.

France--Paris.

New York (State)--New York.

Genre:

Fiction.

Detective and mystery fiction.

Mystery fiction.

Novels.

Physical Description:

297 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : MacLehose Press, 2015.

Language Note:

Translated from the French.

Summary:

Kosher sushi, kebabs, a second hand bookshop and a bar: the 19th arrondissement in Paris is a cosmopolitan neighbourhood 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 imaginations ablaze across the neighborhood, and Ahmed finds himself the prime suspect. However detectives Rachel Kupferstein and Jean Hamelot are not short of leads. What is the connection between a disbanded hip-hop group and the fiery extremist preachers that jostle in the streets for attention? And what is the mysterious new pill that is taking the district by storm? In this his debut novel, Karim Miske demonstrates a masterful control of setting, as he moves seamlessly between the sensual streets of Paris and the synagogues of New York to reveal the truth behind a horrifying crime.

ISBN:

9780857053114

0857053116

9780857053145

0857053140

1848664389

9781848664388

OCLC:

881020657