Take two: The Black Book, Orhan Pamuk

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I no doubt fully intended to read this novel when I bought it a decade-and-a-half ago, but neglected to do so. Unfortunate for me also! Recently I’ve been spending time with a Turkish friend so decided to pick Pamuk’s 1990 novel (this translation the one dating from 2006) off a shelf in the living room. I have so many books that I have never read and every time I see them sitting there, full of hope, I feel guilty. This underrated emotion – I’d also not read a novel for a month – can be considered, therefore, the midwife of my Patreon review which, if you pay a small amount of money, you can immediately read!