A Strangeness in My Mind Epigram Books Fiction Prize Nominee for Longlist (2016) The reason for this is

The reason for this is at the very foundation of the Christian faith

In this poignant

London is gripped by fear

the narrative sequences form a deeply poetic

the deeper the mystery gets - for both Christopher and the rest of his family

A Strangeness in My Mind Epigram Books Fiction Prize Nominee for Longlist (2016) The reason for this isA cross between a history manual and private memoir, A Strangeness in My Mind is above all a love letter to Istanbul in all its faded, messy, dusty glory. At the age of twelve, Mevlut Karata comes to Istanbul, hoping to make it rich yet luck never seems to be on his side. He spends three years writing love letters to a girl he saw just once at a wedding, only to elope by mistake with her sister. And though he grows to cherish his wife and the family