Songs my mother never taught me
By: Selçuk Altun ; translated from the Turkish by Ruth Christie and Selçuk Berilgen
Publisher: Telegram
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9781846590535
Subjects: Rich people; Fathers; Assassins; Death; Fiction
Work titles: Annemin öğretmediği şarkılar
Description: After the death of his overbearing mother, the privileged Arda reclines in his wealth, reflecting on his young life, and on the life of his father, the famous mathematician Mursel Ergenekon, who was murdered on Arda's fourteenth birthday. While on the other side of the city 'your humble servant' Bedirhan has decided to pack in his ten-year career as an assassin. Their two lives become intrinsically bound in this remarkable thriller that takes us through the streets of Istanbul.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.