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Effendi

av Jon Courtenay Grimwood

Serier: Arabesk (2)

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Ashraf Bey is a fugitive from the US justice system. As the US, France and Germany try to dominate both the present and the future of the Middle East, Ashraf must become both saviour and avenger.
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I just opened my copy for bibliographic purposes and spotted a typo in the very first sentence of the book. And not just any old typo; it was the name of the protagonist. Big thumbs-down to Earthlight (Simon & Schuster). I hope it won't spoil my opinion of the book itself when I finally get around to reading it.
1 rösta RobertDay | Nov 17, 2017 |
The childwars stuff was really painful and all too plausible. (Alas, all too true!) The world of the book struck me a wierdly vivid but shadowy (in that there was a lot un-explained). I guess that is the problem of a series of novels. (This is the first I have read.) A bit dense to read. But the main characters have stayed with me - as have the child wars and the children's manipulator. Very bleak, but some individuals try to improve things. An adult, serious entertainment. ( )
  m.a.harding | Oct 12, 2007 |
This is the second book of Grimwood's Arabesk series. Do not read this if you have not read the first one, "Pashazade." While it may be theoretically possible to understand everything that has gone on and the relationships between the characters from just this book, I wouldn't recommend trying it.
Ashraf Bey is an unlikely man to whom unlikely things happen. He acts as a political wildcard and detective in the slightly alternate future version of Alexandria, here called El Iskandriya. His relationships with his nine year old niece Hani and Zara, the beautiful daughter of a gangster industrialist, are complex to say the least.

This book fleshes out more of the relationships and backgrounds of the major characters, while also obliquely illuminating the political situation that Iskandriya finds itself in. We learn little more about Asraf's background, but more about how he chooses to act now.

The best thing about these books is the air of the exotic and the illustration of a place very, very different from our own, even if the time is very close to ours. This is especially true in the way that Grimwood depicts the reality of child "warriors" in the armies that fight the wars in Africa. He gives us an up close and personal portrayal of the kind of life these conscripted children lead, and it is sobering.

This is not a light book. If you have trouble with strong language, explicit sex or explicit violence, this isn't for you. The plot is confusing and sometimes it seems that there is much, much more going on behind the scenes than Grimwood chooses to show us. However, the characters and the setting are definite strengths and keep one hooked throughout the entire novel. I recommend this, assuming you have read the first book, and I look forward myself to reading the final book in the trilogy, "Felaheen." ( )
1 rösta Archren | Feb 13, 2007 |
In the book some of the questions from the fist book gets their answers - the mysteries of Raf and of Zharas are partly unravelled. As spicy and warm as the predecessor.
Read these books! ( )
1 rösta Busifer | Oct 16, 2006 |
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