My Name Is Red

Atonceafiendishlydeviousmystery,abeguilinglovestory,andabrilliantsymposiumonthepowerofart,MyNameIsRedisatransportingtalesetamidthesplendorandreligiousintrigueofsixteenth-centuryIstanbul,fromoneofthemostprominentcontemporaryTurkishwriters.TheSultanhascommissionedacadreofthemostacclaimedartistsinthelandtocreateagreatbookcelebratingthegloriesofhisrealm.Theirtask:toilluminatetheworkintheEuropeanstyle.ButbecausefigurativeartcanbedeemedanaffronttoIslam,thiscommissionisadangerouspropositionindeed.Therulingelitethereforemustn’tknowthefullscopeornatureoftheproject,andpaniceruptswhenoneofthechosenminiaturistsdisappears.Theonlycluetothemystery–orcrime?–liesinthehalf-finishedilluminationsthemselves.Partfantasyandpartphilosophicalpuzzle,MyNameisRedisakaleidoscopicjourneytotheintersectionofart,religion,love,sexandpower.