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A New Translation and Afterword by Maureen Freely
Galip is a lawyer living in Istanbul. His wife, the detective novel–loving Ruya, has disappeared. Could she have left him for her ex-husband or Celâl, a popular newspaper columnist? But Celâl, too, seems to have vanished. As Galip investigates, he finds himself assuming the enviable Celâl'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.
With its cascade of beguiling stories about Istanbul,
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Manufacturer: Vintage
Release date: 11 July 2006
ISBN-10 : 1400078652 | ISBN-13: 9781400078653
Release date: 11 July 2006
ISBN-10 : 1400078652 | ISBN-13: 9781400078653
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Book Diary 2021 (96 books items)"16.10. A man takes an identity of another person and starts reflecting the reality through his lenses. Apparently, the another person is journalist so the story becomes a pastische of symbolism, inner and outer dialogues and smaller stories and mysteries. Luckily I had a loan book which had someone else's markings, so I had some help spotting all the important details."
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