Many and Many A Year Ago
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ISBN: 1846590671 / Publisher: Telegram Books, September 2009
A literary thriller and metaphysical puzzle.
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<div><p>Praise for <i>Songs My Mother Never Taught Me</i>:</p><p>“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</p><p>“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.’”—<i>Publishers Weekly</i></p><p>Kemal’s friend mysteriously disappears, leaving him a generous allowance and the use of his large house.</p><p>He 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.</p><p>Clues 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.</p><p>Kemal buys paper and a pen. He has decided to enter the Nevar competition with his first mystery novel, called <i>Many and Many a Year Ago</i>.</p><p><b>Selçuk Altun</b> was born in Artvin, Turkey, in 1950. Telegram published <i>Songs My Mother Never Taught Me</i> in 2008. He lives in Istanbul and is a retired banking executive and bibliophile.</p></div>
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