Michael David Lukas talks about his first novel, The Oracle of Stamboul.
Eleonora was conceived in Istanbul, Lukas explains, when he wandered into ‘a narrow dusty little store. In the back was a crystal bowl, and in it was a picture of this little girl with the most self-possessed, wise look in her eye. When we made eye contact, I knew that this was my protagonist and that my novel would be set in Istanbul.’