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Cargando... The Abyssinian Proof: A Kamil Pasha Novel (edición 2009)por Jenny White (Autor)
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. light historical murder mystery fiction. great beach read, really good atmosphere of post-Crimean-Istanbul. looking forward to reading more in the series, or by the author ( ) An immersive tale taking place at the end of an old empire, an old city and an old sect. Around the final years of the 19th century in a thriving Istanbul, we meet police investigator Kamil Pasha who is asked to recover the lost 'Proof of God' by an old friend. Through tunnels and turrets, alleyways and ancient market places, we are drawn into a plot that takes place amongst a cast of vividly drawn characters. It is the description of the people and places that makes this book rather good. I must confess that the reveal of the nature of the Proof of God was not a let-down and one of the more well thought out religious historical plot devices. It sounded rather credible. The narrative flows well and as a reader you're easily swept away from your reading chair into the atmosphere of a crumbling empire. As far as atmosphere goes it can easily take on any of Jack Finney's work. Some of the narrative felt a bit chaotic though. Frequent use of perspective and context switches made this book rather difficult to get through. A fair amount of the main characters, even though they were vividly drawn, felt similar in many ways. The fact that the protagonist's name is an anagram of one of the leading characters did not help and I frequently could not figure out who was speaking. In that sense the narrative lost itself in the massive amount of immersion and the main thread of the story was frequently lost. Was this a novel about a lost relic? About cultural changes in the east at the end of the 19th century? Was it about women's rights in an era known for suppression? sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
Pertenece a las seriesKamil Pasha (Book 2)
The Ottoman Empire is plagued by thefts of antiquities from mosques and churches. Within days, the lost objects appear for sale in Europe. Among them is a reliquary presumed lost for 400 years and around which an elaborate, mysterious sect has grown. In Istanbul, magistrate Kamil Pasha is under pressure to break the smuggling ring amid rising tensions between Christians and Muslims. He confronts a mysterious adversary who will stop at nothing to get the reliquary first. With the Balkans aflame and Kamil's personal life in upheaval, the search into the old neighborhoods where Istanbul's crime rings reside may cost Kamil not only his position but also his life. The Abyssinian Proof re-creates the gritty underworld of a dying empire. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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