Death In Troy

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Written by one of Turkey's most beloved writers, DEATH IN TROY is the tale of a young man growing up in a small coastal village who comes of age in an atmosphere of sublimated, disoriented male eroticism. Governed by religious and sexual taboos, rigid gender roles, stifling maternal love, and the enforced silences of social decorum, he is driven to the point of insanity from which he must slowly and painfully return.

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"...an authentic look at ...sexual consciousness in a culture where sexual norms are strictly regulated by religion and custom."Echo Magazine, January 10, 2003

"...several scraps of beauty [are] scattered among this linked series of stream-of-consciousness texts."Out Magazine, August 2002

"Disjointed and elliptical, this novel is a flawed gem about homosexual love, as well as other kinds of passion..."WBUR, Boston, September 24th, 2002