Istanbul Crossing

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In this coming-of-age literary thriller, Ahdaf, a gay Syrian refugee, after watching his cousin executed by ISIS for being homosexual, flees to Istanbul for safety.He becomes a smu ggler of refugees to Greece and develops such a good reputation that he’s approached by both the CIA and ISIS to smuggle high-profile individuals in both directions between Turkey and Greece.In the process of juggling their two operations, he falls in love with, and must decide between, two men who offer different futures. Show more