{"product_id":"songs-my-mother-never-taught-me-9781846590535","title":"Songs My Mother Never Taught Me","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Altun offers us three delights for the price of one: a brilliantly edgy, witty thriller that rivals Highsmith; a metaphysical puzzle that Borges would be proud to call his own; and a tale of two assassins that conveys, better than any other novel I have read, the way that money talks in Istanbul.\"--Maureen Freely\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA deft, zinging whodunnit which is also a metaphysical puzzle worthy of the Oulipo group. Altun's prose has a dreamlike urgency; his novel is a major achievement.--John Ashbery\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter 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 M rsel 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir 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 imagine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, Sel uk Altun, a former family friend, is playing a deadly game, providing Arda with clues to track down his father's killer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSel uk Altun\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Artvin, Turkey, in 1950. He lives in Istanbul, and \u003ci\u003eSongs My Mother Never Taught Me\u003c\/i\u003e is his fourth novel to be published in Turkish. He is a retired banking executive and a bibliophile.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Telegram Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781846590535\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.00w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/02\/2009 pg. 29\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2009 pg. 30\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Selcuk Altun","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42362422296757,"sku":"9781846590535","price":11.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_93a010b8-abb3-45a1-bfcf-011311bf1d61.jpg?v=1662435244","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/songs-my-mother-never-taught-me-9781846590535","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}