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The Dervish House
The Dervish House
Author: Ian McDonald
It begins with an explosion. Another day, another bus bomb. Everyone it seems is after a piece of Turkey. But the shockwaves from this random act of 21st century pandemic terrorism will ripple further and resonate louder than just Enginsoy Square. — Welcome to the world of The Dervish House; the great, ancient, paradoxical city of Istanbul...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781616142049
ISBN-10: 1616142049
Publication Date: 7/27/2010
Pages: 410
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3.8 stars, based on 2 ratings
Publisher: Pyr
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
Members Wishing: 47
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Cory Doctorow will not steer you wrong! ;-) He highly praised this book on BoingBoing and I decided to read it, even though I'd really disliked McDonald's Desolation Road.
This is a completely different kind of book; I'd never have guessed it was the same author. And it is really an excellent book: thought-provoking, timely, complex, and well-structured.
It follows the events of several days among a group of characters who live or work in an old building in a near-future Turkey, who are affected my the concatenation of events following a baffling act of terrorism - involving political plots, shady business dealing, art dealing, nanotech research, religion, love, and more...
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Overall this was a good book. Very interesting characters in a very interesting location. Unfortunately, sometimes they just sere not doing interesting things. Parts of the book got a little slow for me. Again, overall I liked (not loved) this book.


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