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    The King of Taksim Square
    The King of Taksim Square
    The King of Taksim Square
    Audiobook11 hours

    The King of Taksim Square

    Written by Emrah Serbes

    Narrated by Mark Schenfisch

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    About this audiobook

    Seventeen-year-old Çağlar is just another apathetic teenager—except when it comes to his sister, Çiğdem, who he believes is the world’s most beautiful and brilliant nine-year-old. Determined to display her genius, Çağlar grooms Çiğdem’s talent into a perfect Michael Jackson impersonation and pursues a sure route to fame: YouTube.

    Tragically, Çağlar’s efforts are sabotaged by a little incident internationally known as the Taksim riots. Now it seems that everyone’s too busy watching the people’s uprising unfold to click on Çiğdem’s video. That leaves Çağlar only one recourse: he will have to use the riots to his advantage. After all, who wouldn’t want to watch a child doing the moonwalk against the backdrop of political unrest? But as Çağlar strives to showcase his sister, he finds himself pulled into the heart of the uprising and discovers that he may just have talent of his own.

    From bestselling author Emrah Serbes comes a hilarious, poignant story of a teen’s struggle to find his place and launch his sister’s star amid Turkey’s real-life fight for freedom.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    TranslatorMark David Wyers
    Release dateJan 1, 2016
    ISBN9781511328920
    The King of Taksim Square
    Author

    Emrah Serbes

    Emrah Serbes was born in Yalova, Turkey. He graduated from the theater department of Ankara University, and he currently writes for newspapers, magazines, and television. His short story collection, Erken Kaybedenler (Predestined Losers), was published in 2009. Serbes’s novels include Her Temas İz Bırakır (Every Touch Leaves a Trace) and Son Hafriyat (The Last Excavation), both noir mysteries set in Ankara and later developed into the hit television series Behzat Ç., followed by the film Behzat Ç.: Seni Kalbime Gömdüm (Behzat Ç.: I Buried My Heart). His newest novel, The King of Taksim Square, is his English debut.

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      The author has managed to perfectly capture the voice of an arrogant 17 year old boy ... You know there's a reason I don't have children. DNFed 55 pages in. I just can't do this. I loathe the main character. Even his one "redeeming" characteristic of loving his sister borders on the psychopathic and creepy. I received a complimentary copy of this book via a Goodreads giveaway. Many thanks to all involved in providing me with this opportunity.