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Mark Lawson examines how mystery novels reflect a country's history and political system.

Foreign Bodies: Series 1: Germany - PI Kemal Kayankaya

Germany - PI Kemal Kayankaya

Series 1

BBC Radio 4 - Foreign Bodies, Series 1, Germany - PI Kemal Kayankaya

German writer Jakob Arjouni's Turkish sleuth, Kemal Kayankaya, reflects a reunited Germany

German writer Jakob Arjouni's Turkish sleuth, Kemal Kayankaya, has reflected a reunited Germany. Mark Lawson investigates.

German author Jakob Arjouni returns periodically to write fiction featuring his Turkish PI Kemal Kayankaya. Mark Lawson visits him in Berlin to discuss the way his crime novels have reflected upon events including re-unification and the war in Yugoslavia, and drawn on more recent debates about what view of Islam it's appropriate to show in cartoons and films. 

Producer: Robyn Read.

Foreign Bodies: Series 1

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