When you read a historical mystery by Jason Goodwin, you take a magic carpet ride to the most exotic place on earth. Marilyn Stasio in The New York Times. |
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 Buy the US edition Jason Goodwin is the author of the internationally acclaimed Yashim detective series, set in 1830s Istanbul. The Janissary Tree won the Edgar for Best Novel in 2007 at the Edgar Allen Poe Awards, and the series continues with The Snake Stone, The Bellini Card, and the latest, An Evil Eye, translated from English into over forty languages. Escapist fiction at its most seductive. Times Literary Supplement Praise for An Evil Eye: A starred review in Publisher's Weekly described the latest book as 'masterful', while the Toronto Globe and Mail hailed it as 'the best of a great bunch...a great addition to a superb series.' On the other side of the pond The Literary Review confirmed that An Evil Eye was 'both interesting and highly entertaining,’ which means better than it at first sounds - perhaps because, as The Sunday Times suggested, it so 'vividly recreates the sinister atmosphere of the harem.' |
 Buy the UK edition NEWSFLASH! For livelier stuff, various archives, articles, and THAT recipe for kakavia please go to Jason's blog at http://thebellinicard.wordpress.com/ AN EVIL EYE: Washington Post pick for 'Best Summer Reads' 'An elegant meditation on the Ottoman psyche.' Financial Times 'An unfailingly readable book with a pleasing flavour of suspense.' Cornucopia Magazine 'An Evil Eye is another treat for Goodwin's many fans, and newcomers to the series.’ Laura Wilson, Guardian 'Skilful...scrupulous...entertaining...bringing to life an immeasurably different world.' Independent |
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