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The Flea Palace

By: Elif Shafak
Narrated by: Orlando Wells
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Bonbon Palace was once a stately apartment block in Istanbul. Now it is a sadly dilapidated home to ten wildly different individuals and their families.

There's a womanising, hard-drinking academic with a penchant for philosophy; a 'clean freak' and her lice-ridden daughter; a lapsed Jew in search of true love; and a charmingly naïve mistress whose shadowy past lurks in the building. When the rubbish at Bonbon Palace is stolen, a mysterious sequence of events unfold that result in a soul-searching quest for truth.

By turns comic and tragic, The Flea Palace is an outstandingly original story driven by a powerful sense of social justice.

©2004 Elif Shafak (P)2026 Bolinda Publishing Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Women's Fiction World Literature
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I have read a few books by tjis author, normally I fi d them very absprbing but struggled to concentrate on this book. I fpund it very disjointed.

Love this author but not this book

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I have loved Elif Shafaks books before and read a few based on other books. Not sure I understand the point of this book. I felt like a narrative of people’s lives with little connection or conclusion.

Unique style

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Very interesting listen. I’ve listened to all the writer’s books and they’re all brilliant!
I’ve been looking forward to a 2026 release and I wasn’t disappointed!
I liked all the characters.

Great narrator

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The book seemed to improve as it went on. The structure of the chspters worked very well and the ending chapters were wonderful.

The ingenious writing.

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I have enjoyed this authors previous books and was looking forward to another of her usual clever and moving stories. I kept on hoping to find the magic i experienced before when listening to her previous work but this was without charm or distinction. Listened in vain and gave up before the end. A book of characters who might make a novel in a new story but lacked substance.

Disappointing

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