David Szalay, winner of the Betty Trask Prize 2008, returns with a searing and gripping thriller set in Communist Russia - the breathtaking next stage of a major literary career.
David Szalay is the author of six works of fiction, including London and the South-East, for which he was awarded the Betty Trask and Geoffrey Faber Memorial prizes, All That Man Is, for which he was awarded the Gordon Burn Prize and Plimpton Prize for Fiction and shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and Turbulence, which won the Edge Hill Prize. Born in Canada, he grew up in London, and now lives in Vienna. His work has been translated into more than thirty languages.
A psychologically intricate, flawlessly researched tale of Stalin's
legacy through the eyes of a disillusioned old communist. It felt
as English as Le Carre with its elegant Cold War scene-setting and
quiet but intense emotional range.
*Times*
This is a double headed story that is both sad and compelling
*Timeout*
Szalay weaves a multilayered narrative ripe with period detail... A
challenging thriller... Gripping
*Metro*
Impressive... Still in his mid-thirties, Szalay will surely soon be
adding more prizes to his Betty Trask
*The Sunday Times*
Szalay moves skilfully across time and shows that history's end is
not prophesied in books, but written in the wind
*The Big Issue*
David Szalay... has created an extraordinary character, a KGB man
you can imagine knowing or even being
*Observer*
This is an exciting and memorable read. Expertly researched, it
feels authentic, but wears its learning reassuringly lightly.
Anyone who appreciated Martin Amis's Koba the Dread and Orlando
Figes's The Whisperers will love it
*Observer*
Very atmospheric
*Historical Novels Review*
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