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Witold Szab?owski. The Assassin from Apricot City: Reportage from Turkey. Antonia Lloyd-Jones, tr. London. Stork Press. 2013. isbn 9780957391253
Witold Szab?owski is a Polish jour- nalist who has written extensively about Turkey. Twelve pieces of non- fiction have been arranged into his newly translated book, The Assas- sin from Apricot City. Each story can stand alone, but Szab?owski weaves them loosely into a larger work of art. History repeats itself, characters are reincarnated from one story to another, and problems like misogyny and exile are perpetual curses.
The title story concerns Ali A?ca, a right-wing terrorist from Malatya where the summer is "green and orange, with the scent and flavor of apricots." In 1981 A?ca traveled to the...