Endgame
Altan, Ahmet
Endgame / Ahmet Altan ; translated from the Turkish by Alexander Dawe. - New York : Europa Editions , c2013, 2017 - 395 pages ; 21 cm
First published as Son Oyon in 2014 by Everest Yayinlari.
'I don't remember pulling the trigger; I only heard the gunshot. And then I saw a mouth opening, as if to speak, a face contorted, one hand in the air. And then a body falling.' A man retires to a sun-baked Turkish town for a quiet life. But he finds a world of suspicion, paranoia and violence. The town has made a murderer of him. The question is, who did he kill? Led by a deeply untrustworthy narrator, Ahmet Altan's international bestseller pulls us into a world of desire, ambition and death.
English, translated from the Turkish.
9781609453770 (paperback)
Murder----Fiction
Murderers----Fiction
Desire----Fiction
Small town and rural
Turkey----Fiction
Suspense fiction
Mystery fiction
Thrillers
Detective and mystery stories---Fiction
Action and adventure fiction
Literary fiction
Noir fiction
PL248.A525 / S6613 2017
MYS ALT
Endgame / Ahmet Altan ; translated from the Turkish by Alexander Dawe. - New York : Europa Editions , c2013, 2017 - 395 pages ; 21 cm
First published as Son Oyon in 2014 by Everest Yayinlari.
'I don't remember pulling the trigger; I only heard the gunshot. And then I saw a mouth opening, as if to speak, a face contorted, one hand in the air. And then a body falling.' A man retires to a sun-baked Turkish town for a quiet life. But he finds a world of suspicion, paranoia and violence. The town has made a murderer of him. The question is, who did he kill? Led by a deeply untrustworthy narrator, Ahmet Altan's international bestseller pulls us into a world of desire, ambition and death.
English, translated from the Turkish.
9781609453770 (paperback)
Murder----Fiction
Murderers----Fiction
Desire----Fiction
Small town and rural
Turkey----Fiction
Suspense fiction
Mystery fiction
Thrillers
Detective and mystery stories---Fiction
Action and adventure fiction
Literary fiction
Noir fiction
PL248.A525 / S6613 2017
MYS ALT
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