The Peace Machine - Softcover

�zg�r Mumcu

2.79

368 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1782273980 ISBN 13: 9781782273981

Publisher: Pushkin Press, 2019

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'A rollicking Ottoman steampunk adventure' Guardian

The Peace Machine is a staggeringly inventive debut from one of the most daring writers in Turkey.

The twentieth century dawns and the world stands on the brink of yet another bloody war. But what if conflict were not inevitable? What if a mind-control machine could exploit the latest developments in electromagnetic science to put an end to violence, for ever?

The search for the answer to these questions leads Celal away from his unassuming life as a writer of erotic fiction, and on a quest across a continent stumbling headlong towards disaster, from Ottoman Istanbul to Paris and Belgrade, as he struggles to uncover the mystery of The Peace Machine before time runs out for humanity.

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Review:

'A rollicking Ottoman steampunk adventure - full of wit, tongue-twisters and roguish escapism' -- Guardian

'A darkly funny absurdist romp' -- SFX

'�zg�r Mumcu is one of the most essential voices writing in Turkey today and his novel, The Peace Machine, is a literary achievement as stunning as the very invention in its title' --Elliot Ackerman, National Book Award Finalist and author of Dark at the Crossing

'A splendid Jules Verne-esque novel' -- Hurriyet

'A rich novel weaving real historical events... with murders to be solved and mysteries to be investigated!' -- Agos

'We discuss the idea of war and peace all the time and we live in the Middle East where it feels like the peace will never come. Now you have published a book called The Peace Machine, in 2016, when everyone is busy talking about war' --Journo.com.tr

'Moves at a rattling pace' -- Radikal Kitap

Five novels' worth of invention in one. Clever. Funny' -- Tibor Fischer, author of Under the Frog

'A carnivalesque slice of Ottoman steampunk, taking readers from Istanbul to the heart of Europe in the early 1900s. Full of ideas, enthusiasm and gusto, the novel sweeps from Istanbul to Paris to Belgrade in the years before the outbreak of the First World War' --Hurriyet

About the Author:

�zg�r Mumcu is a Turkish author, free speech activist and journalist working for the Cumhuriyet newspaper in Turkey. In 2016 he accepted a Right Livelihood award on the newspaper's behalf for its "fearless investigative journalism and commitment to freedom of expression in the face of oppression, censorship, imprisonment and death threats". The Peace Machine is his first novel.

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