Right Catalogue 2015.indd
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Right Catalogue 2015.indd
Soininvaara Œuvre complet Tammi / Otava, 2000–2014 Tous les romans de Soininvaara ont été traduits en allemand (Aufbau Verlag) L’œuvre complète de l’auteur compte aujourd’hui quinze romans noirs en deux séries. L’une met en scène l’inspecteur Arto Ratamo de la police de sécurité finlandaise, l’autre, l’enquêteur Leo Kara. Ces polars de haute volée connaissent un grand succès en Finlande ainsi qu’en Allemagne. Presse: »Taavi Soininvaara’s Punainen jättiläinen is likely to be the most significant novel of international suspense ever written in Finnish language.« - Savon Sanomat »Soininvaara’s thriller machine steamrolls. Punainen jättiläinen is political fiction which meets the international standards.« - Helsingin Sanomat »Soininvaara is a successor of John Le Carré – a writer who likes a good story connected to global hot-button issues.« - Kouvolan Sanomat »Arto Ramano has empathy, inventive genius and an infallible intuition.« - Passauer Neue Presse »Without question: Soininvaara is on the trail of the entire spectrum of the latest scientific, technical and criminal trends, [...] always keeping up-to-date on current international political links and intrigues. And from this he develops exciting action-scenes on the basis of credible backgrounds with references to critical sociopolitical tendencies.« - Süddeutsche Zeitung Taavi Soininvaara, born 1966, former legal director at large Finnish shipbuilding corporations, now earns a living as a writer. Soininvaara’s thrillers delved into current issues around international politics, the economy and crime, and soon claimed an indisputable position in the highest ranks of the genre in Finland. The third part of the Arto Ratamo-series, The Revenge Commission (2002) was named Best Crime Novel of the Year by the Finnish Crime Authors’ Association. Soininvaara has also introduced another protagonist to the readers, Leo Kara of the UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime). The four part Leo Kara-series received exceptional critics in Finland and has recently been translated into German. connACT GmbH •• Blumenthalstr. 18 •• 50670 Köln •• Anabelle Assaf •• [email protected]