As he investigates the mysterious disappearance of his wife and a popular newspaper columnist, Celâl, Galip finds himself assuming the enviable Celâl's identity, wearing his clothes, answering his phone calls, even writing his columns.
With its cascade of beguiling stories about Istanbul, The Black Book is a brilliantly unconventional mystery, and a provocative meditation on identity.

As he investigates the mysterious disappearance of his wife and a popular newspaper columnist Celâl Galip finds himself assuming the enviable Celâl’s identity wearing his clothes answering his phone calls even writing his columns. With its cascade of beguiling stories about Istanbul The Black Book is a brilliantly unconventional mystery and a provocative meditation on identity. About the Author Orhan Pamuk won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2006. His novel My Name Is Red won the 2003 IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. His work has been translated into more than sixty languages.