Nights of Plague by Orhan Pamuk Paperback Book 9780571352951

Orhan Pamuk is the sort of writer for whom the Nobel Prize was invented Daily TelegraphPamuk is the real thing ObserverOne of the worlds finest living writers IndependentEssential reading for our times Margaret AtwoodEveryone should read Pamuk New StatesmanAn epic and playful mystery of passion fear scandal and murder from one of historys master storytellers1901 Night draws inWith the stealth of a spy vessel the royal ship Aziziye approaches the famous vistas of Mingheria the twentyninth state of the ailing Ottoman Empire The ship carries Princess Pakize the daughter of a deposed sultan her doctor husband and the Royal Chemist Bonkowski Pasha Not all of them will survive the weeks ahead There are rumours of plague rumours some in power will try to suppressBut plague is not the only killer Mingheria is on the cusp of catastrophe and the future of a fragile empire is at stakeA wry meditation on nationalism and identity on history and myth on science and superstition delivered with Orhan Pamuks trademark storytelling flair Financial TimesA tale of spies conspiracy and murder full of vivid characters Independent