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The White Castle

By: Orhan Pamuk, Victoria Holbrook - translator
Narrated by: John Lee
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Summary
 The White Castle, Orhan Pamuk's celebrated first novel, is the tale of a young Italian scholar captured by pirates and put up for auction at the Istanbul slave market. Acquired by a brilliant Turkish inventor, he is set to work on projects to entertain the jaded Sultan.©2018 Orhan Pamuk (P)2018 Faber & Faber Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Middle East Turkey
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This was a struggle. It’s just not an interesting story. The historical stuff is ok, but there is t much of it. I only finished it because it was short.

Weak, boring story. Annoying narration.

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