A review by inveterate_reader
The Bastard of Istanbul by Elif Shafak

5.0

The Bastard of Istanbul by Elif Shafak is a historical fiction about which the author said, "I was put on trial for 'denigrating Turkishness'...I could have been given up to a three year prison sentence." If that doesn't convince you to give it a read, I don't know what will.
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