The Black Book

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  A winter evening in Istanbul in the late Seventies. Political murders, disappearances and torture are daily events, and a military coup seems to be in the offing. Galip, a young lawyer whose speciality is defending political prisoners, returns home t ... (read full critics)

  lrb published on Sat, 4 Sep 2010

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  With due respect to Paul Auster this is how a doppelganger story should be handled. You know from quite early in the story how this is going to end up. But as Pamuk lovingly lays out his protagonists progress you're guided by a waspish, loquacious temperamental guide filled with tattered scraps of I ... (continue)

  With due respect to Paul Auster this is how a doppelganger story should be handled. You know from quite early in the story how this is going to end up. But as Pamuk lovingly lays out his protagonists progress you're guided by a waspish, loquacious temperamental guide filled with tattered scraps of Istanbul history and memorabilia.

  Fantastic.

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  Maybe It's Me

  ...just boring, didn't draw me in, felt like I was wasting my time:(

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• English Books
• Paperback 400 Pages
• Edition: New Ed
• ISBN-10: 0571178014
• ISBN-13: 9780571178018
• Publisher: Faber and Faber
• Pub date: Nov 04, 2002
• Dimensions: 1290 mm x 839 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Hardcover
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