Column (Bookends): Istanbul IntriguesIANS | Jun 22, 2015, 12.45 PM IST
Across the realm of fiction, there have been some singularly unique crime-solvers - bored ex-soldiers, journalists seeking the perfect scoop, enterprising pre-teenaged children, retired teachers, curious housewives, early psychoanalysts, insightful clergymen and other unconventional types - but trumping them for novelty is a savvy, resourceful eunuch working for the Ottoman sultan in mid-19th century Istanbul.
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