The Black Book - Orhan Pamuk 9780571326099

The novel that fırst broughy Orhan Pamuk to international attention and acclaim, The Black Book is Pamuk';s most original achievement - a brilliantly unconventional mystery in which the weight of history, and modern political and cultural changes, influence each and every life in Istanbul. Galip';s wife disappeared. Could she have left him for Celal, a popular newspaper columnist? But Celal, too, seems to have vanished. As Galip investigates, he fınds himself assuming Celal';s identity, wearing his clothes, answering his phone calls, even writing his columns. Galip pursues every conceivable clue, but the nature of the mystery keeps changing, and when he receives a death threat. He begins to fear the worst. ';Dazzlingççç turns the detective novel on its head... and establishes Orhan Oamuk as one of the freshest, most original vocies in contemporary fıction.'; - Independent on Sunday ';A love song to Istanbul... but, above all, it is a celebration of storytelling.'; - Guardian ';An extraordinary novel... Up there with the best of Eco, Calvino, Borges and Marquez.'; - Observer ';A glorious flight of dark, fantastic invention.'; - Patrick McGrath