Jakob Arjouni (1964–2013)
Author of Happy Birthday, Turk!
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- Canonical name
- Arjouni, Jakob
- Legal name
- Michelsen, Jakob Bothe
- Other names
- BOTHE, Jakob
ARJOUNI, Jakob
MICHELSEN, Jakob Bothe - Birthdate
- 1964-10-08
- Date of death
- 2013-01-17
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Germany (birth)
- Birthplace
- Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Place of death
- Berlin, Germany
- Cause of death
- cancer
- Places of residence
- Frankfurt, Germany (birth)
Ginestas, France - Occupations
- writer
- Relationships
- Michelsen, Hans Günter (father)
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The Kayankaya books have the feel of old-school, hard-boiled detective noir, like Raymond Chandler or Dashiell Hammett, complete with the misogyny. Oh, that misogyny! The depiction of women in this book is dreadful. While I didn’t enjoy this as much as the first, Happy Birthday Turk, it was still an interesting mystery. I don’t know that I’d call it a thriller, but that may have more to do with the translation than the original text. There were a number of typos, which I found distracting. Overall, it’s a decent story, but the ending was thoroughly dissatisfying. I’m sure I’ll finish the series (I own them), but I do think it will be a little while before I grab the next one, because ugh.… (more)
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- Rating
- 3.5
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Nachdem ich mich aber auf das Format einlassen konnte, haben die Geschichten mir wirklich sehr gut gefallen. Idioten ist das Buch betitelt, und so kann man die Protagonisten auch sehen. Oder eben als Menschen, die sich hauptsächlich selbst im Weg stehen. Da hilft dann auch eine Fee nicht, die einen Wunsch erfüllt...