My name is Red
Orhan Pamuk
- UK: Faber and faber, 2001.
- 671 pages : 20 cm
Nobel Prize in Literature, 2006.
In Istanbul in the late 1590s, the sultan secretly commissions a book: a celebration of his life and empire, to be illuminated by the best artists of the day in the European manner. But when one of the miniaturists is murdered, their master has to seek outside help. Did the dead painter fall victim to professional rivalry, romantic jealousy or religious terror?
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Detective and mystery fiction Art -- Islamic countries -- Fiction Istanbul (Turkey) -- History -- 16th century -- Fiction. Turkish fiction Murder Detective and mystery stories