{"product_id":"2940172225482","title":"The Black Book","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA New Translation and Afterword by Maureen Freely\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGalip is a lawyer living in Istanbul. His wife, the detective novel-loving Ruya, has disappeared. Could she have left him for her ex-husband or\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eCelâl, a popular newspaper columnist? But Celâl, too, seems to have vanished. As Galip investigates, he finds himself assuming the enviable Celâl's identity, wearing his clothes, answering his phone calls, even writing his columns. Galip pursues every conceivable clue, but the nature of the mystery keeps changing, and when he receives a death threat, he begins to fear the worst.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith its cascade of beguiling stories about Istanbul, \u003cb\u003eThe Black Book\u003c\/b\u003e is a brilliantly unconventional mystery, and a provocative meditation on identity. For Turkish literary readers it is the cherished cult novel in which Orhan Pamuk found his original voice, but it has largely been neglected by English-language readers. Now, in Maureen Freely's beautiful new translation, they, too, may encounter all its riches.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47162545504496,"sku":"2940172225482","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940172225482_p0.jpg?v=1763755978","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940172225482","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}