Jakob Arjouni

»Perhaps one of the only German novelists who has the Anglo-Saxon gift of elegantly combining light-heartedness, wit and a keen eye for depicting society.«Die Zeit

»Finally, an author who senses that we can’t keep evading the topics that matter most. This novel has an excellent tone, capturing precision, brashness and rhythm from the crime fiction genre and taking it up a literary notch.«Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

»Magnificent«The Guardian

»Arjouni deserves to be better known in the English speaking world.«The Times

»Jakob Arjouni writes the best urban thrillers since Raymond Chandler.«Tempo

»A master of the sketch and the caricature.«Die Welt

»Impossible to put his books down.«El Pais

»A worthy grandson of Marlowe and Spade.«Stern

"Arjouni is a master of authentic background descriptions and an original story teller."Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung

»There is hardly another German-speaking writer who is as sure of his milieu as Arjouni is. He draws incredibly vivid pictures of people and their fates in just a few words. He is a master of the sketch – and the caricature – who operates with the most economic of means.«Die Welt

»Jakob Arjouni is good at virtually everything: gripping stories, situational comedy, loving character sketches and apparently coincidental polemic commentary.«Süddeutsche Zeitung

»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

»A genuine storyteller who beguiles his readers without the need of tricks.«L'Unità