North West Translators' Network | Nick Rosenthal | Activity https://nwtn.org.uk/nwtn-forum-members/nickrosenthal/activity/ Activity feed for Nick Rosenthal. Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:31:34 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 bbd2b6688a9beba46286b7a38c67e7a6 Nick Rosenthal replied to the topic French detective novels / crime fiction / "polars" in the forum Book Chat https://nwtn.org.uk/forums/topic/french-detective-novels-crime-fiction-polars/#post-2473 Wed, 23 Sep 2020 14:47:20 +0100 Next up, a slightly more exotic one:

“Yeruldelgger“, by Ian Manook. Written in French (by a French travel writer), this story features a Mongolian police commissaire called Yeruldelgger. Whilst he is investigating a grizzle murder in the capital city, Ulaanbaatar, he is called away to investigate a strange discovery, a strange object buried on…Read more

]]> d4f605e6c34d9d587de7e60fed2b0379 Nick Rosenthal started the topic German crime fiction in the forum Book Chat https://nwtn.org.uk/forums/topic/german-crime-fiction/ Wed, 23 Sep 2020 12:59:20 +0100 Now, I must confess that I struggle a bit with German crime fiction. So many German authors, even of gritty thrillers and Krimis, feel the need to prove themselves as intellectual authors by wandering off into abstract reflection. Works great in German, but it doesn’t travel well!

So I’m going to start with three books that I really enjoyed, and…Read more

]]> 98b5421de3d4151ec8ce04698c9be262 Nick Rosenthal started the topic French detective novels / crime fiction / "polars" in the forum Book Chat https://nwtn.org.uk/forums/topic/french-detective-novels-crime-fiction-polars/ Wed, 23 Sep 2020 12:35:46 +0100 To help get the forum underway, I’ll share a few of my favourite French crime fiction books here.

One of my favourite series is by Jean-Claude Izzo, known as “The Marseilles trilogy”. They feature a police detective called Fabio Montale, who is a bit of a misfit due to his social conscience. It has soe lovely dry humour, and describes Marseilles…Read more

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