The Black Book

Orhan Pamuk author Maureen Freely translator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Faber & Faber

Published:1st Oct '15

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A brilliantly unconventional mystery and a provocative meditation on the weight of history in modern Istanbul.

** ORDER NIGHTS OF PLAGUE, THE NEW NOVEL FROM ORHAN PAMUK **

Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature

'Dazzling . But Celál, too, seems to have vanished.

As Galip investigates, he gradually assumes the enviable Celal's identity, wearing his clothes, answering his phone calls, even writing his columns.

** ORDER NIGHTS OF PLAGUE, THE NEW NOVEL FROM ORHAN PAMUK **

Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature

'Dazzling . . . Turns the detective novel on its head.' Independent on Sunday
'Pamuk's masterpiece' Times Literary Supplement

Galip's wife has disappeared. Could she have left him for Celál, a popular newspaper columnist? But Celál, too, seems to have vanished.

As Galip investigates, he gradually assumes the enviable Celal's identity, wearing his clothes, answering his phone calls, even writing his columns. But despite pursuing every clue the nature of the mystery keeps changing, and Galip never feels himself to be any closer to finding his beloved Ruya. When he receives a death threat, he begins to fear the worst. . .

ISBN: 9780571326099

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 28mm

Weight: 394g

480 pages

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