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Karim Misk (Author) Born in 1964 in Abidjan to a Mauritanian father and a French mother, Karim Misk grew up in Paris before leaving to study journalism in Dakar. He now lives in France, and is making documentary films on a wide range of subjects including deafness, for which he learned sign language, and the common roots between the Jewish and Islamic religions. Arab Jazz is the author's first novel.
'A brilliant debut' The Guardian. 'Exciting, informative, stimulating, and a little frightening' The Times. 'Not to be missed' The Tablet. 'Miske's imaginative geography lies somewhere between the fantasy Belleville of Daniel Pennac [...] the strange world of Fred Vargas, and the amoral fantastic of the television series Breaking Bad' Times Literary Supplement. 'Remarkable ... a debut of notable assurance ... Proof that French crime fiction is jostling its way to the top of the noir tree' Independent. 'A brazenly political crime novel for our times ... With a gift for setting, Miske's narrative twists through the mosques, prayer rooms and synagogues, where street preachers hustle for power, vendors ply their trade and a male and female detective duo are determined to unveil the mystery' The Lady.
