{"product_id":"many-and-many-a-year-selcuk-altun-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\u003eSel uk 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Selcuk Altun\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1846590671\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781846590672\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Telegram Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/27\/2009 pg. 45","brand":"Selcuk Altun","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44078696038655,"sku":"9781846590672","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_40616f36-4a8b-4390-b4d9-aa30a8d05254.jpg?v=1685476983","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/many-and-many-a-year-selcuk-altun-9781846590672","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}