# The Bastard of Istanbul

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- Book: [The Bastard of Istanbul](https://www.bookquiver.com/elif-shafak/the-bastard-of-istanbul) ([The Bastard of Istanbul.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/elif-shafak/the-bastard-of-istanbul.md))
- Authors: [Elif Shafak](https://www.bookquiver.com/elif-shafak)
- Publisher: penguin_books
- ISBN: 978-01-4311-271-6
- Pages: 368
- Published: 2008-01-29
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

A “vivid and entertaining” (Chicago Tribune) tale about the tangled history of two families, from the author of The Island of Missing Trees (a Reese's Book Club Pick) " Zesty, imaginative...