Istanbul, 1947. The Cold War has begun, but while spies plot and generals plan, Anglo-American expat Kiva Deeping drinks every night away in the nightclubs of Pera. Kiva has been seeking for years to forget a difficult childhood spent among religious cranks, communist revolutionaries, and an English fascist father who died in British custody in 1941--and a drink and a laugh seemed the best antidote to infuriating memories.But much as he wishes to...