Nuri Bey saw something floating towards him on the current. It appeared to be something in a boat, some cross-shaped object. He approached more closely as it bobbed and bowed with the tide.
What he thought he saw was too fantastic to be believed: the mast of the small water-logged fishing boat formed the upright of a cross - and on it hung a naked man. A traditional Turkish method of dealing with an enemy ...
'Pleasingly offbeat' Observer
'Wit and humour - a real piece of Turkish delight' BBC
- ISBN10 0006142540
- ISBN13 9780006142546
- Publish Date 26 February 1976 (first published June 1972)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 16 August 1991
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint HarperCollins Distribution Services
- Format Paperback
- Pages 192
- Language English