| Author: | Harri Nykanen | ISBN: | 9781904738930 |
| Publisher: | Bitter Lemon Press | Publication: | March 20, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Bitter Lemon Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Harri Nykanen |
| ISBN: | 9781904738930 |
| Publisher: | Bitter Lemon Press |
| Publication: | March 20, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Bitter Lemon Press |
| Language: | English |
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Bitter Lemon’s first Nordic crime novel but it’s not a Stieg Larsson “The Girl who ate my shoe…” wannabe.
Laced with humour, the story is set in Helsinki and the Jewish community plays a central role in the story. It is spellbinding as it describes Finnish society, the world of Arab immigrants and refugees and an investigation that attracts the unwanted interests of the Finnish Secret Services and Israel’s Mossad. -
The hero is one of two Jewish policemen in Finland. Blessed with the wonderful name Ariel Kafka and a strained relationship with his rabbi, he is relentless in the pursuit of truth in this case of murdered Arabs
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Will appeal to fans of ‘The Yiddish Policemen’s Union’ by Pulitzer winner Michael Chabon , and to readers of Leonardo Padura whose mystery writing is not afraid to be critical of the prevailing powers, to intelligent readers of Scandinavian crime writing and to fans of Faye Kellerman.
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It should benefit from the current vogue for Scandinavian crime writing, even if Finland is not strictly-speaking in Scandinavia nor is Finnish a Scandinavian tongue (it’s related to Hungarian) and the book is funny, without gratuitous violence, and the hero charming.
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Bitter Lemon’s first Nordic crime novel but it’s not a Stieg Larsson “The Girl who ate my shoe…” wannabe.
Laced with humour, the story is set in Helsinki and the Jewish community plays a central role in the story. It is spellbinding as it describes Finnish society, the world of Arab immigrants and refugees and an investigation that attracts the unwanted interests of the Finnish Secret Services and Israel’s Mossad. -
The hero is one of two Jewish policemen in Finland. Blessed with the wonderful name Ariel Kafka and a strained relationship with his rabbi, he is relentless in the pursuit of truth in this case of murdered Arabs
-
Will appeal to fans of ‘The Yiddish Policemen’s Union’ by Pulitzer winner Michael Chabon , and to readers of Leonardo Padura whose mystery writing is not afraid to be critical of the prevailing powers, to intelligent readers of Scandinavian crime writing and to fans of Faye Kellerman.
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It should benefit from the current vogue for Scandinavian crime writing, even if Finland is not strictly-speaking in Scandinavia nor is Finnish a Scandinavian tongue (it’s related to Hungarian) and the book is funny, without gratuitous violence, and the hero charming.
