Orhan Pamuk Nights of Plague : 'A masterpiece of evocation' Sunday Times

WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATUREAn epic and playful mystery of passion, fear, scandal and murder, from one of historys master storytellers. Orhan Pamuk is the sort of writer for whom the Nobel Prize was invented. Daily TelegraphPamuk is the real thing. ObserverOne of the worlds finest living writers. IndependentEssential reading for our times. Margaret AtwoodEveryone should read Pamuk. New Statesman1901. Night draws in. With the stealth of a spy vessel, the royal ship Aziziye approaches the famous island vistas of Mingheria, the twentyninth state of the ailing Ottoman Empire. The ship carries Princess Pakize, the daughter of a deposed sultan, her doctor husband, and the Royal Chemist, Bonkowski Pasha. Not all of them will survive the weeks ahead. There are rumours of plague rumours some in power will try to suppress. But plague is not the only killer. Mingheria is on the cusp of catastrophe, and the future of a fragile empire is at stake. A wry meditation on nationalism and identity, on history and myth, on science and superstition, delivered with Orhan Pamuks trademark storytelling flair. Financial TimesA tale of spies, conspiracy and murder . . . full of vivid characters. Independent | Orhan Pamuk Nights of Plague : 'A masterpiece of evocation' Sunday Times