{"product_id":"9781846590672","title":"Many and Many A Year Ago","description":"\u003cp\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eSongs My Mother Never Taught Me\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A 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\u003e“This intelligent thriller from Altun, his first to be published in the U.S., nicely evokes modern Istanbul. . . . The lean prose and deft pacing make this more than a routine revenge tale.’”—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKemal’s friend mysteriously disappears, leaving him a generous allowance and the use of his large house.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe discovers that his new dwelling involves an inheritance of $1.3 million, and a Russian nobleman’s missing son. Kemal embarks on a missing person case that will bring chaos and romance to his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClues lead him from Istanbul to Buenos Aires, Boston, and eventually Baltimore, where Kemal visits the Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum. There in the museum is a poster announcing the Nevar Foundation’s offer of $200,000 to the winner of a first novel competition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKemal buys paper and a pen. He has decided to enter the Nevar competition with his first mystery novel, called \u003ci\u003eMany and Many a Year Ago\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSelçuk Altun\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Artvin, Turkey, in 1950. Telegram published \u003ci\u003eSongs My Mother Never Taught Me\u003c\/i\u003e in 2008. He lives in Istanbul and is a retired banking executive and bibliophile.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Telegram Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47052364415216,"sku":"9781846590672","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781846590672_p0.jpg?v=1763747450","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781846590672","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}