Orhan Pamuk - "My Name is Red"

[Brandon]

I really enjoyed it. A lot of works in translation read like somebody's slow cousin, but this one stayed crisp.

I actually got to reading this because Pamuk just joined the faculty of my MFA program. So far he taught a seminar/lecture that focused (unfortunately) on Thomas Mann's "Tonio Kroger." He's a terrifyingly smart guy.