My Name Is Red
Edition: paperback edition (1)
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Published: 2002
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 508
ISBN-13: 9780571212248
Copyright date: 2001
Subjects: Modern fiction; Fiction
First sentence: I am nothing but a corpse now, a body at the bottom of a well.
Description: In Istanbul, in the late the Sultan secretly commissions a great book: a celebration of his life and his empire, to be illuminated by the best artists of the day -- in the European manner. But when one of the miniaturists is murdered, their master has to seek outside help. Didthe dead painter fall victim to professional rivalry, romantic jealousy or religious terror? 

A thrilling murder mystery, Mv Name is Red is also a stunning meditation on love, artistic devotion and the tensions between East and West
--back cover
Notes: UK