The Ottoman Cage: A Novel of Istanbul

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The Ottoman Cage: A Novel of Istanbul

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British Praise for "Belshazzar's Daughter": "Intriguing, exotic whodunnit set in the scruffy Turkish township of Balat...Local colour judiciously applied and ethnic differences (White Russian refugees, uxorious Turks, fraught British expats) skilfully explored...A first novel: exciting, accomplished and original." - "Literary Review" "Best crime fiction by a new writer was Barbara Nadel's "Belshazzar's Daughter." Set in Istanbul, with a battered, cynical and credible Turkish cop, and a great blooming baroque plot (ditto talent)." - "Books of the Year, Independent Weekend Review" "An unusual and very well written first novel...Although the murder mystery is intriguing, it is the characters who make this book so successful. The police team and their little feuds, the English teacher besotted with his mysterious Turkish girlfriend, and, most memorably, the chain-smoking little Inspector Ikmen, with his eight children and pregnant wife, contribute to this portrayal of an exotically different c

Feature: Nadel, Barbara

Feature: 2005