# Book Club: Let's Talk About 'The Renovation,' by Kenan Orhan

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Podcast: [The Book Review](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-book-review-415412)
Published: 2026-04-24T19:17:30+00:00
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Dilara, the heroine of Kenan Orhan’s debut novel, is a Turkish exile living in Italy and undergoing a routine bathroom renovation that turns out to be not so routine: When the contractors leave, she steps in and finds herself somehow transported to an actual cell in Istanbul’s infamous Silivri Prison. On this week's episode, host MJ Franklin discusses “The Renovation” with fellow Book Review editors Joumana Khatib and Dave Kim.

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