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Dance with Death
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Headline Review (2006-06-05)
ISBN: 0755332350
EAN: 9780755332359
Paperback: 320 pages
Edition: New edition
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Customer Reviews
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Another enjoyable addition to the Inspector Ikman series
Rating  (4)
Date: 2007-11-07
5 out of 6 customers found this reveiw helpful
Although I don't know Turkey, I have read and enjoyed all of Barbara Nadel's novels ever since having been lent the first by a friend (who used to be a neighbour of hers!) I know her research to be second to none. She spends weeks in Turkey every year preparing the next book - and this is evident in her writing.
What I loved about this book was the amazing descriptions of the 'chimneys' in Cappadocia. They left me with a picture so clear that recently, on viewing the episode of Maichael Palin's programme on the New Europe, I recognised them instantly. They matched the word picture from this book so well that there could be no doubt that this was the landscape that she had described.
Once again, the mystery is intriguing, and the insight into Turkish life is fascinating.
If you have already enjoyed some of the Ikman series, I'm sure you will also enjoy this one.
If not, why not try this one? It's well worth a read!
Enjoy!
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Over-researched
Rating  (2)
Date: 2007-07-05
3 out of 5 customers found this reveiw helpful
I know Turkey well and love Nadel's Istanbul novels.
Dance with Death despite (or because of) abundant on-the-spot research, detailed at length in the afterword, is a wooden affair, with absurd plot contrivancies to bring her characters to Cappadocia. Many urban Turks have deep and complex links to the rural communities their families come from, but this book misses the opportunity to explore this in a naturalistic way.
I had a hard time finishing this book. Please - back to the Bosphorus!
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Another enjoyable Inspector Ikmen novel
Rating (4)
Date: 2007-06-08
6 out of 8 customers found this reveiw helpful
Though these books do not come into the realms of truly great literature they are thoroughly enjoyable crime fiction and this one, set mostly in the weird landscapes of Cappadocia, is no exception. Having myself travelled with Turkish friends extensively in this area I thought she had captured the atmosphere and oddness of the place perfectly.
If you have enjoyed any of the other Inspector Ikmen books then certainly give this one a go.
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Dance with disappointment
Rating  (1)
Date: 2007-05-15
7 out of 15 customers found this reveiw helpful
It was difficult to bring myself to give this book even one star. The exotic location is no compensation for wooden dialogue, stereotypical characters and disorganisation. The tone is set in the background and first chapters where a large number of characters are introduced, only a small selection of whom appear in the List of Characters at the beginning of the book. After flipping back and forth a few times, I gave up on this "helpful" feature and attempted to plough on through the lifeless prose until I just gave up. Has no-one pointed out to Nadel that Turks speaking to each other will speak fluently and not in the sort of stilted language designed to convey the impression that these people are "foreign"? Cliche upon cliche - don't bother!
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