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    Songs My Mother Never Taught Me
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    Songs My Mother Never Taught Me

    By Selcuk Altun

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    After the death of his overbearing mother, the privileged Arda reclines in his wealth, reflecting on his young life, and on the life of his father, the famous mathematician Mürsel Ergenekon, who was murdered on Arda's fourteenth birthday. While on the other side of the city 'your humble servant' Bedirhan has decided to pack in his ten-year career as an assassin. Their two lives become intrinsically bound in this remarkable thriller that takes us through the streets of Istanbul. We learn that Bedirhan in fact killed Arda's father, and that they share more in common than he or we could begin to imagine. Meanwhile, Selçuk Altun, a former family friend, is playing a deadly game, providing Arda with clues to track down his father's killer …
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTelegram Books
    Release dateJan 16, 2012
    ISBN9781846591105
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    Songs My Mother Never Taught Me
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    Selcuk Altun

    Selçuk Altun was born in Artvin, Turkey, in 1950. A retired banking executive, bibliophile and book collector, Altun served as a chairman of a major publishing house until his retirement in 2004. He is the author of four essay collections and ten novels including The Sultan of Byzantium, which has been translated into more than fifteen languages. He writes a popular monthly column for the Turkish periodical OT called ‘For the Love of Books’. He lives in Istanbul.

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      An interesting creation, a murder described from the point of view of the victim's son and the murderer. I thought I figured out who the murderer was long before it was revealed, then thought maybe I was wrong, but then discovered I was right.