The Dervish House

Having previously set novels in Africa, India and Brazil, Manchester-born Ian McDonald shows no signs of wanting to return to grey old Blighty. Instead, The Dervish House imagines an Istanbul transformed by globalisation, nanotech, terror attacks, carbon allowances and Turkey’s EU membership. Set over a momentous five days in 2027, it’s a sumptuously rich novel of interlinking narratives exploring the contradictory nature of Istanbul, where past events pull constantly on the present.

Jonathan Wright is a freelance science-fiction writer

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