A Strangeness in My Mind

A novel following Mevlut, a street seller of boza and yogurt in Istanbul, over about four decades from the 1960s. As a young man he falls for a girl he has glimpsed only once and writes her love letters. Through a mix-up, the person he writes to is not quite who he imagines.

As the city grows around him, with new buildings, migrants, politics and technology, Mevlut works many jobs while his family and friends change. Told by many voices, the book is a warm, detailed account of ordinary life and of a changing metropolis.