Punishment of a Hunter: A Leningrad Confidential - Couverture rigide

Yakovleva, Yulia

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1782276777 ISBN 13 : 9781782276777

Editeur : Pushkin Vertigo, 2021

Synopsis

1930s Leningrad. As a mood of fear cloaks the city, Investigator Vasily Zaitsev is called on to investigate a series of bizarre and seemingly motiveless murders. In each case, the victim is curiously dressed and posed in extravagantly arranged settings. At the same time, one by one precious old master paintings are going missing from the Hermitage collection. As Zaitsev sets about his investigations, he meets with suspicion at practically every turn, and potential witnesses are reluctant to provide information. Soon Zaitsev himself comes under suspicion from the Soviet secret police. The embittered detective must battle increasingly complex political machinations in his dogged quest to uncover the truth.

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À propos des auteurs

Yulia Yakovleva is a writer, theatre and ballet critic, and playwright. She was inspired to write Punishment of a Hunter by her love of St Petersburg, where she grew up. The novel subsequently became a bestseller in Russia.

Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp translated literature from Arabic, German and Russian into English. Her work has been shortlisted for the Helen & Kirt Wolff Translator's Prize, The Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize and the GLLI Translated YA Prize.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pushkin Vertigo
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1782276777
• ISBN 13: 9781782276777
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 400
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible