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When the Ottoman Empire of 1836 is shattered by a wave of political murders that threatens to upset the balance of power, eunuch intelligence agent Yashim Togalu conducts an investigation into clues within the empire's once-elite military forces.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and cool.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Jason Goodwin
- First published
- 2006
- Pages
- 320
- Publisher
- Picador, W.F. Howes, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780374178604
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“Yashim flicked at a speck of dust on his cuff.”
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