Jason Goodwin

Jason Goodwin reads from An Evil Eye.

Signs An Evil Eye (Farrar Strauss $25), latest in his Edgar-winning series set in 19th Century Istanbul On EVIL EYE... From the Edgar Award–winning author of The Janissary Tree, The Snake Stone, and The Bellini Card comes the fourth adventure of the famous investigator Yashim. When the admiral of the Ottoman fleet defects to the Egyptians, Yashim attempts to uncover the man’s motives. But Fevzi Pasha is no stranger to Yashim: it was Pasha, in fact, who taught the investigator his craft years ago. He is the only man whom Yashim has ever truly feared: ruthless, cruel, and unswervingly loyal to the sultan. What dark secret has led his former mentor to betray the Ottoman Empire? Jason Jason Goodwin fell under the spell of Istanbul while studying Byzantine history at Cambridge University. Fifteen years ago, following the success of The Gunpowder Gardens: Travels in China and India in search of tea, he made a six-month pilgrimage across eastern Europe to reach the city for the first time, a journey recounted in On Foot to the Golden Horn, which won the John Llewellyn Rhys/Mail on Sunday Prize 1993. Intrigued by the enduring influence of the Ottoman turks on eastern Europe, Jason went on to research and write Lords of the Horizons: A History of the Ottoman Empire. Jan Morris called it ‘a high-octane work of art,’ and the New York Times praised its ‘dazzling beauty…The rare coming together of historical scholarship and curiosity about distant places with luminous writing.’ He has written two books with American themes, and innumerable articles for magazines like Conde Nast Traveler, and the New York Times. He’s married to Kate, his companion on the walk to Istanbul; they live in rural Sussex with their four children. They are keen cooks, like Yashim himself; they also grow vegetables, keep hens and have two lurchers. Yashim the Eunuch 1. The Janissary Tree (2006) 2. The Snake Stone (2007) 3. The Bellini Card (2008) 4. An Evil Eye signed (2010) (aripoisonedpen)… (more)