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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.
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