![]() ![]() This “soldier,” whose days, not to mention minutes and seconds, are numbered, has been asked to carry out one last task in his life: Kill a man by the name of Innocent Cutie, a man he’s never met before. Ruhi Mücerret, the main character of the book, is the last living veteran of the Turkish War of Independence which took place in the first quarter of the twentieth century. ![]() Every page will surprise you and make you laugh, while also nudging you towards philosophical ruminations. ![]() This book is a veritable literary arsenal. Actually that’s true at every age.” *** Murat Menteş, who has brought a powerful breath of fresh air to Turkish literature and been described as the “Tarantino of literature” and “a Palahniuk full of laughter,” brings us yet another extraordinary adventure with his third novel, Ruhi, a Century-old Veteran Fighting to the Death- again and again-vs. “At my age, love decides in whose arms you’re going to die. ![]()
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