{"description": "The Black Book is a stunning tapestry of Middle Eastern and Islamic culture which confirms Orhan Pamuk's reputation as a writer of international stature, comparable to Borges and Calvino.\r\n\r\nGalip is an Istanbul lawyer, and his wife, Ruya, has vanished. Could she be hiding out with her half brother, Jelal, a newspaper columnist whose fame Galip envies? And if so, why isn't anyone in Jelal's flat?\r\n\r\nAs Galip plays the part of private investigator, he assumes the identity of Jelal himself, wearing his clothes, answering his phone calls, even faking his wry columns, which he passes off as the work of the missing journalist. But the amateur sleuth bungles his undercover operation, and with dire consequences.\r\n\r\nRichly atmospheric and Rabelaisian in scope, The Black Book is a labyrinthine novel suffused with the sights, sounds, and scents of Istanbul. An unforgettable evocation of the city where East meets West, The Black Book is a boldly unconventional mystery that plumbs the elusive nature of identity, fiction, interpretation, and reality.", "title": "Kara Kitap", "covers": [6878773, 2270949, 5254088, 968287, 1022085, 10320518, 12805774, 12274136, 12297420], "subject_places": ["Istanbul (Turkey)", "Estambul (Turqu\u00eda)"], "subjects": ["Fiction", "Missing persons", "False personation", "Fiction, mystery & detective, general", "Missing persons, fiction", "Istanbul (turkey), fiction", "Lawyers, fiction", "Cuentos jur\u00eddicos", "Novela polic\u00edaca", "Ficci\u00f3n", "Personas desaparecidas", "Usurpaci\u00f3n de personalidad", "Legal stories", "Investigation", "Lawyers", "Fiction, general", "Novela", "Subkultur", "Attentat", "Roman", "Text"], "key": "/works/OL1019601W", "authors": [{"author": {"key": "/authors/OL96984A"}, "type": {"key": "/type/author_role"}}], "type": {"key": "/type/work"}, "latest_revision": 27, "revision": 27, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2009-12-09T19:30:02.728832"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2025-11-12T15:44:05.278303"}}