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Pashazade

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Descripción Paperback. Condición: Good. 356 pages. Part mystery, part speculative fiction, and wholly unforgettable, Jon Courtenay Grimwood's celebrated Arabesk serie s portrays the dark, hard-boiled story of a man out to prove his innocence in an alternate world where the facts aren't always the same as the truth . . . and murder isn't the worst that can happ en. It's a twenty-first century hauntingly familiar-and yet star tlingly different from our own. Here the United States brokered a deal that ended World War I, and the Ottoman Empire never collap sed. And lording it over all sits the complex, seductive, and blo odthirsty North African metropolis of El Iskandryia. Almost nothi ng is what it seems to be in El Isk, and Ashraf Bey is no excepti on. Neither the rich Ottoman aristocrat everyone thinks he is, nor the minor street criminal once shipped off to prison when he fell foul of his Chinese Triad employers-the fact is that Raf has as little idea who he is as anyone else. With few clues and no money, all Raf has is a surname hinting at noble heritage and an arranged marriage to a woman who hates him. But nothing Ashraf a l Mansur learns about himself is as unexpected-or as terrifying-a s the brutal murder he's accused of committing. Now, as a hunted man with the welfare of a precocious young girl in his irresponsi ble hands, Raf must race after a killer through an unforgiving ci ty as foreign to him as the truth he'll uncover about himself. E ditorial Reviews From Publishers Weekly In this clever first boo k of a trilogy that blends alternative SF and hard-boiled mystery from British author Grimwood (Lucifer's Dragon, etc.), ZeeZee, w ho has spent his youth largely in boarding schools and in trouble , is also Ashraf al-Mansur, though that identity is unknown to hi m. Whisked away from a Seattle prison, ZeeZee is transported to E l Iskandryia, an exotic, exquisitely detailed North African city. Whether Ashraf or ZeeZee, he's adaptable but not compliant. The world of wealth and privilege he's expected to accept without que stion comes with strings he's not to question either, like marria ge to the willful Zara. Misunderstanding and mishandling his prec arious situation, Ashraf becomes prime suspect in a murder, on th e lam with only a vague understanding of where he is and who he i s supposed to be. He's not only responsible for his own fate but also, surprisingly, the sole protector of a young girl. Grimwood artfully unveils the changed world that has developed in the many decades since WWI ended differently. Ashraf, a lifelong underdog and pawn, emerges as a resourceful and deadly foe, adapting quic kly to survive in a game where the rules and the playing field sh ift repeatedly. SF and mystery fans will be pleased. Copyright ? Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to an out of print or unavail able edition of this title. Review All brilliant light and scorc hing heat . . . Grimwood has successfully mingled fantasy with re ality to make an unusual, believable, and absorbing mystery. -Sun day Telegraph A mature balance between sensibility and action in what's essentially a rite of passage story allied with a detecti ve thriller-deftly told and laced with neat ideas. -Time Out Nea r perfect. -Murder One --This text refers to an out of print or u navailable edition of this title. About the Author Jon Courtenay Grimwood lives in England. The first book in his acclaimed Arabe sk series, Pashazade, was shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Aw ard, the British Science Fiction Association Award, and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From the Inside Flap Part mystery, part speculative fiction, and wholly unforgettable, Jon Courtenay Grimwood's celebrated Arabesk series portrays the dark , hard-boiled story of a man out to prove his innocence in an alt ernate world where the facts aren't always the sa. Nº de ref. del artículo: 1071c

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