From the widely acclaimed author of Waiting for Eden: a stirring timely new novel that unfolds
in Istanbul over the course of a single day when an American woman attempts to leave behind
her life in Turkey--and her marriage. Catherine has been married for many years to Murat an
influential Turkish real estate developer and they have a young son William. But when she
decides to return home to the United States with William and her lover Peter Murat takes a
stand. He enlists the help of an American diplomat to prevent them from going--and in so doing
becomes further enmeshed in a web of deception and corruption. As the hidden architecture of
these relationships is gradually exposed we move to the heart of intersecting worlds populated
by struggling artists wealthy businessmen expats spies. And at the center a child torn
between his parents. Riveting and perceptive Red Dress in Black and White is a novel of
personal and political intrigue a portrait of a nation on the brink.
