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Grimwood's third Arabesk novel, like its predecessors, Pashazade and Effendi, skillfully blends a hard-boiled whodunit with SF and alternate history. In the Arabesk universe, where the Ottoman Empire still exists, twisted political intrigues and tensions serve as a challenging backdrop to the gritty investigations of Ashraf Bey, a genetically altered sleuth who may be related to the royal family. An attempt on the emir's life by means of a venomous snake forces Bey to probe his own parentage in order to identify the motives and the conspirators behind the attack. Bey's independent and spirited young niece, Hani, has a welcome expanded role as she tries to follow her uncle's trail. The plotting may be a tad convoluted for some, but Grimwood makes his imagined world feel real, while the ambiguity of the ending leaves room for more sequels. The author supplies Bey's backstory in a way that makes this reader-friendly for newcomers. (Dec.)
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"Skillfully blends a hard-boiled whodunit with SF and alternate history.... Grimwood makes his imagined world feel real."--Publishers Weekly
From the Trade Paperback edition. --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.
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Grimwood's third Arabesk novel, like its predecessors, Pashazade and Effendi, skillfully blends a hard-boiled whodunit with SF and alternate history. In the Arabesk universe, where the Ottoman Empire still exists, twisted political intrigues and tensions serve as a challenging backdrop to the gritty investigations of Ashraf Bey, a genetically altered sleuth who may be related to the royal family. An attempt on the emir's life by means of a venomous snake forces Bey to probe his own parentage in order to identify the motives and the conspirators behind the attack. Bey's independent and spirited young niece, Hani, has a welcome expanded role as she tries to follow her uncle's trail. The plotting may be a tad convoluted for some, but Grimwood makes his imagined world feel real, while the ambiguity of the ending leaves room for more sequels. The author supplies Bey's backstory in a way that makes this reader-friendly for newcomers. (Dec.)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Review
"Skillfully blends a hard-boiled whodunit with SF and alternate history.... Grimwood makes his imagined world feel real."--Publishers Weekly
From the Trade Paperback edition. --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.
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Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Kashif Pasha, Lady Maryam, Major Jalal, Chef Edvard, Maison Hafsid, Uncle Ashraf, Ashraf Bey, Emir Moncef, Murad Pasha, North Africa, Aunt Nafisa, Major Gide, Carl Senior, Hamzah Effendi, New York, Domus Aurea, Tewfik Pasha, Ashraf al Mansur, Eugenie de la Croix, Dar Welham, Corporal Habib, Emir of Tunis, Gare de Tunis, Madame Fitmah Browse Sample Pages:
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Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Kashif Pasha, Lady Maryam, Major Jalal, Chef Edvard, Maison Hafsid, Uncle Ashraf, Ashraf Bey, Emir Moncef, Murad Pasha, North Africa, Aunt Nafisa, Major Gide, Carl Senior, Hamzah Effendi, New York, Domus Aurea, Tewfik Pasha, Ashraf al Mansur, Eugenie de la Croix, Dar Welham, Corporal Habib, Emir of Tunis, Gare de Tunis, Madame Fitmah Browse Sample Pages:
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