Snake Stone (Signed First Edition)

Jason Goodwin

ISBN 10: 0374299358 / ISBN 13: 9780374299354

Verlag: Farrar Straus Giroux (New York), 2007

Beschreibung

First American edition. First printing. SIGNED AND DATED BY AUTHOR on title page in month of publication. A very fine copy in all respects, pristine and unread. Purchased new and opened only or the author to sign. There are no inscriptions or marks. Smoke-free. Shipped in well padded box. The follow-up second book in series for this Edgar winning author. Finalist, 2008 Macavity Award for Best Historical Mystery. The series began with The Janissary Tree. Then came The Snake Stone, and The Bellini Card and An Evil Eye. The series centers on a Turkish eunuch detective, Yashim, who lives and works in 19th century Istanbul. You cannot find a better copy. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers MFM0807-23

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Titel: Snake Stone (Signed First Edition)

Verlag: Farrar Straus Giroux (New York)

Erscheinungsdatum: 2007

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: New

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: New

Signiert: Signed by Author(s)

Auflage: 1st Edition

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The captivating return of Yashim, the eunuch investigator from the intelligent, elliptical and beguilingly written" (The Times, London) bestseller The Janissary Tree

When a French archaeologist arrives in 1830s Istanbul determined to track down a lost Byzantine treasure, the local Greek communities are uncertain how to react; the man seems dangerously well informed. Yashim Togalu, who so brilliantly solved the mysterious murders in The Janissary Tree, is once again enlisted to investigate. But when the archaeologist’s mutilated body is discovered outside the French embassy, it turns out there is only one suspect: Yashim himself.

The New York Times celebrated The Janissary Tree as “the perfect escapist mystery,” and The Daily Telegraph called it “[A] tremendous first novel . . . Beautifully written, perfectly judged, humane, witty and captivating.” With The Snake Stone, Jason Goodwin delights us with another transporting romp through the back streets of nineteenth-century Istanbul. Yashim finds himself racing against time once again, to uncover the startling truth behind a shadowy society dedicated to the revival of the Byzantine Empire, encountering along the way such vibrant characters as Lord Byron’s doctor and the sultan’s West Indies–born mother, the Valide. Armed only with a unique sixteenth-century book, the dashing eunuch leads us into a world where the stakes are high, betrayal is death—and the pleasure to the reader is immense.