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2000s: Kiszka & Kershaw cross paths once again.. and the Polish community in London may be able to help..
Death Can’t Take a Joke (Kiszka & Kershaw 2)
What you need to know before your trail
Janusz Kiszka is a so called Fixer to East London’s Polish Community.
So, when masked men brutally stab one of his closest friends to death, he’s first in line to want to track down the killer and bring him to justice.
He starts shadowing a Ukrainian girl he believes could help him solve the mystery, but her ruthless ‘businessman’ boyfriend could prove to be his undoing.
Meanwhile, Kershaw is struggling to identify a mystery suicide, a Pole who jumped off the top of Canary Wharf Tower. But all is not what it seems…
Sparks fly as Kiszka and Kershaw’s paths cross for a second time, but they must call a truce when their separate investigations call for a journey to Poland’s wintry eastern borders…
Travel Guide
London
The East End is little Poland here as the Polish community are the focus of the novel. This is a novel about the Polish Community living in a new city, a strange city and a community with a ‘Fixer’ by the name of Kiszka.
This side of London belies an insight into immigrant life. Janusz may have lived in the city for some time, but he is still an immigrant and so has the advantage of looking at the world via two viewpoints. This position makes his job as fixer ideal.
The Polish Cultural Institute in London is where the author gathered and researched a lot of her information.
Poland
There isn’t as much focus on Poland and the Polish culture compared to the first book but there is a great deal of Polish vernacular to help build the picture and add to the authenticity of the environment. Take Janusz for example and his experience of a Pole living in England:
“Growing up in Soviet-era Poland had instilled in him a visceral distrust of the machinery of state that he’d never quite thrown off.”
Booktrail Boarding Pass Information: Death Can’t Take a Joke (Kiszka & Kershaw 2)
Author/ Guide: Anya Lipska Destination: London, Poland Departure Time : Early 2000s
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