"What matters is that Esmahan] Aykol uses the genre to tell us a little more about the world than we're used to hearing from more commercial writers."--Newsday "A wonderful novel about Istanbul. The Turkish way of life, prejudices, men, politics, corruption--Esmahan Aykol writes about all these with a light and humorous touch."--Petros Markaris, author of Che Committed Suicide and Zone Defence "Bubbling...