SONGS MY MOTHER NEVER TAUGHT ME

Book ID/图书代码： 11908508B25118

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Chinese Summary/中文概要： 土耳其最會說故事的推理作家

十四歲的慶生日卻突然喪父的Arda Ergenekon，小時候大難不死，幸運逃過一劫的他，從那時就開始計畫長大後要追查殺害父親的兇手。Arda的父親Mürsel Ergenekon，是土耳其最知名的數學家，但警方一直無法解開其死亡原因。Arda在母親去世後，依賴著繼承的財富，決定開始長達十年來的復仇之路。
經由母親的遺物，Arda漸漸解開父親死亡的真相，原來兇手竟是多年來照顧Ergenekon一家人的老管家Bedirhan。Bedirhan為了謀殺Arda的父親，費盡10年的心思，終於得手。長大後的Arda要如何揭開所有真相，為了復仇Arda與老管家Bedirhan，展開一場結局意想不到，爾虞我詐的鬥智角力。(CL)

Awards/获奖情况：‘A brilliantly edgy, witty thriller.’---Maureen Freely

‘Altun’s prose has a dreamlike urgency; his novel is a major achievement.’---John Ashbery

‘This intelligent thriller nicely evokes modern Istanbul. The lean prose and deft pacing make this more than a routine revenge tale.’---Publishers Weekly

Songs My Mother ... is doing very well for us at the moment and was also reviewed at this blog: http://internationalnoir.blogspot.com/2009/02/literary-crime-from-istanbul-songs-my.html

This latest Turkish import, set in Istanbul, is written entirely in the first person, from the points of view of the two main characters, Arda, a child of privilege and a smothering mother, and Bedirhan, an orphan turned assassin. The reader is rapidly drawn into the innermost thoughts and feelings of both characters, as Arda decides how to live his life after the death of his mother, and Bedirhan vows to get out of the assassin business. The tension is gradually ratcheted up as Arda discovers his father was assassinated and sets out to hunt for the killer, even as the reader learns of the strangely intertwined lives of Arda and Bedirhan. The seamless translation captures the author’s remarkable lyricism. Highly recommended for readers of literary mysteries and for followers of international crime fiction. Altun’s love and knowledge of Istanbul shine through on every page.---Jessica Moyer（更新/Mathilde/09-3-9）

Reviews
“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

"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

About the Author/作者介绍： 身為藏書家的Selçuk Altun於1950出生於土耳其的Artvin，文筆深受各界肯定。目前住在伊斯坦堡，是土耳其最會說故事的推理作家。本書Songs My Mother Never Taught Me是Altun創作的第四部小說。

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