Jakob Arjouni
Magic Hoffmann
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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 Hoffmann is a superb nove…
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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 Hoffmann is a superb novel about contemporary Germany and about one man's refusal to be brought down by his country and his friends. 'Jakob Arjouni writes the best urban thrillers since Raymond Chandler' - Tempo'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
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-84243-771-1
- EAN: 9781842437711
- Produktnummer: 14887988
- Verlag: Oldcastle Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 288 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 0 KB
Über den Autor
Jakob Arjouni was born in Frankfurt, Germany, in 1964, the son of acclaimed German playwright Hans Gunter Michelson. He has written numerous books, including the novel Magic Hoffmann, which was shortlisted for the IMPAC Award and Chez Max, a dystopian vision of the near future. But it is for his series of five mysteries - featuring Turkish immigrant detective Kemal Kayankaya - for which he has become best known.Bestsellers throughout Europe, with One Man, One Murder winning the German Crime Fiction Prize, his books have also been turned into wildly popular movies in his home country. Sadly, Jakob Arjouni died at the age of just 48 in January 2013, from pancreatic cancer.
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