New York: Fromm International. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1993. Hardcover. 0880641487 . Translated from the German by Anselm Hollo. First English Edition. "The influence of Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett on Jakob Arjouni is impossible to miss; the plot moves quickly, the action thrills, the characters are unforgettable, and the milieu is painted so realistically that it immediately comes to life to the reader." Ships same or next business day. Slight slant to spine. Minimal edge wear. Overall, pages are tight, bright, and clean. Dust jacket has minor edge and shelf wear. Faintly yellowed on edges of flaps and back cover. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 154 pages .

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JAKOB ARJOUNI was born in Frankfurt, Germany in 1964, the son of acclaimed German playwright Hans Gunter Michelson. He wrote numerous books, including the novels Chez Max and Magic Hoffmann , which was shortlisted for the IMPAC Award. But it is for his series of five mysteries featuring the Turkish immigrant detective Kemal Kayankaya for which he became best known. Bestsellers throughout Europe and the winner of the German Thriller Prize, they have also been turend into wildly popular movies in his home country. Arjouni died from pancreatic cancer at age forty-eight in January 2013. ANSELM HOLLO is the author of more than thirty books, most recently the essay collection Caws & Causeries and Notes on the Possibilities and Attractions of Existence: New and Selected Poems 1965-2000 , which received the San Francisco Poetry Center's Book Award for 2001. His translation of Pentii Saarikoski's Trilogy received the 2004 Harold Morton Landon Translation Award from the Academy of American Poets.

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Bookseller: Good Books In The Woods (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 77930
Title: Happy Birthday, Turk!
Author: Arjouni, Jakob
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
ISBN 10: 0880641487
ISBN 13: 9780880641487
Publisher: Fromm International
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1993
Keywords: 0880641487

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