Elif Shafak
Praise for The Bastard of Istanbul
Unquestionably an ambitious book, exuberant and teeming . . . a novel crammed with characters and themes, not unlike Istanbul itself
Guardian
Wonderfully magical, incredible, breathtaking . . . will have you gasping with disbelief in the last few pages
Sunday Express
Heartbreaking . . . the beauty of Islam pervades Shafak's book
Vogue
Unquestionably an ambitious book, exuberant and teeming . . . a novel crammed with characters and themes, not unlike Istanbul itself
Guardian
Wonderfully magical, incredible, breathtaking . . . will have you gasping with disbelief in the last few pages
Sunday Express
Heartbreaking . . . the beauty of Islam pervades Shafak's book
Vogue
Unquestionably an ambitious book, exuberant and teeming . . . a novel crammed with characters and themes, not unlike Istanbul itself
Guardian
Wonderfully magical, incredible, breathtaking . . . will have you gasping with disbelief in the last few pages
Sunday Express
Heartbreaking . . . the beauty of Islam pervades Shafak's book
Vogue
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