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The star of Istanbul : a Christopher Marlowe Cobb thriller / Robert Olen Butler. --
Christopher Marlowe ("Kit") Cobb, an American war correspondent reporting on World War I, has been tasked to follow a man named Brauer, a German intellectual and possible covert SS agent, into perilous waters aboard the ship Lusitania, as the man is believed to hold information vital to the war effort. Aboard the Lusitania on its fateful voyage, Cobb becomes smitten with famed actress Selene Bourgani, who for some reason appears to be working with German Intelligence.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780802121554 (hc.)
- ISBN: 0802121551 (hc.)
- Physical Description: 369 p. ; 23 cm.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Mysterious Press, c2013.
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| Subject: | Lusitania (Steamship) > Fiction. War correspondents > Fiction. World War, 1914-1918 > Fiction. London (England) > History > Fiction. Istanbul (Turkey) > History > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Spy stories. Suspense fiction. Historical fiction. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castlegar Public Library | FIC BUT (Text) | 35146001858422 | Fiction | Volume hold | Checked out | 2025-04-08 |
Robert Olen Butler is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of fourteen novels, six story collections, and a book on the creative process, From Where You Dream. A recipient of both a Guggenheim Fellowship in fiction and a National Endowment for the Arts grant, he also won the Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Foundation Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award. He has twice won a National Magazine Award in Fiction and has received two Pushcart Prizes. The Star of Istanbul is his second novel featuring Christopher Marlowe Cobb. He teaches creative writing at Florida State University.
