Orpheus Lost
 

Orpheus Lost

by Janette Turner Hospital

Leela Moore is a brilliant math prodigy who escapes her small Southern town to study in Boston. From the moment she hears Mishka, dark and slender, playing his violin in the subway, she is drawn to him, and they quickly become lovers.

One night Leela is inexplicably taken off the street to an interrogation centre: there has been an “incident,” an explosion on the subway;... (read more)

Top tags: australiabostoncontemporary fictioncreativitydystopia (all tags)

Readers

Groups

Other Reviews

Amazon Reviews
 

Most Helpful Reviews

Liked It

Jodie M
  • Rated 4 stars

This is a story about how people deal with desperation. Leela and Mishka fall in love during a time when Boston is undergoing some suicide bombing incidents. Mishka finds out the father he thought had died before he was born is in fact alive in Lebanon and is an admired figure among right-wing Islamic extremists. During a trip to Beirut he and his father are "picked up" for interrogation by a private out-sourced military contractor, who just happens to have grown up with Leela back in...

Jodie M’s full review »
more reviews »
Community:
  • Rated 4.090909 stars
Amazon:
  • Rated 0 stars
 

Newest Comments

No discussions have been posted for this book yet. Go to the discussions page to start one!

© 2008 Tastemakers, Inc. | Portions of Shelfari.com are Copyright © 1996-2008 Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy | Copyright Policy