As far as I know, "Happy birthday, Tuerke" was Arjouni's
first novel.
I would be interested to know what the US-readers think of
his works.
When I read "Happy birthday", I was utterly
disappointed.
To me it seemed to be a very cheap and uninspired copy of
Chandler's
"Little Sister".
Still, he is very popular in Germany so I could be totally
wrong (or
his later books might be better).
Frank
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Dr. Frank Glenewinkel
Institut fuer Rechtsmedizin
der Universitaet Koeln
Melatenguertel 60-62
50823 Koeln (Germany)
Tel: ++49 221 478 4274
++49 221 478 4252
Fax: ++49 221 478 3496
frank.glenewinkel@uni-koeln.de
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