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The Turkish Connection: A Birth of an Assassin Novel
by Rik Stone
4.7 stars – 36 Reviews
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Here’s the set-up:
Mehmet battles for daily survival in the murky Istanbul of 1951 while being forced to learn the craft of theft and violence alongside the other street children. Come evening he curls up under a stinking jetty in a waterway off the Bosporus Strait. Desperation fills him as he yearns to break free from the life inflicted on him by his drunken, womanizing father, little knowing that his rotting body lies at the bottom of those same waters.
Adulthood comes before Mehmet finds out that it wasn’t fate that had taken control when he was a boy, but a very real nemesis. But is it too late? Can he yet turn things around and get his life back?
Review:
“The Turkish Connection makes use of the murky, dusty, yet rich setting of 1950’s Istanbul, and does so with some eminence. The historical setting is unique, full of local detail that suggests a great deal of research. Stone is an author who understands difficulty, especially growing up in poverty. His experience clearly lends itself to the book, and the final product is exceptional, both in its quietly evocative writing and its well developed setting and character.” Self-Publishing Review, 5 stars.