by Elif Shafak
On the face of it this does not offer a promising premise.
A prostitute is found dead in a waste bin in Istanbul. The 10 minutes 38 seconds of the title refers to the time from when her heart stopped beating to when her brain died.
However, Leila uses that time to tell us her life story and introduce us to her five dearest friends. The latter part of the book takes us on a slapstick journey of how these friends demonstrate their friendship and also how important friendship is. In danger of getting a little twee toward the end I really enjoyed this book and hope it makes the Booker shortlist 9/10
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