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Description for Snowdrops
Paperback. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2011, Snowdrops is the debut of 2011: A stunning novel of moral ambiguity, uncertainty and corruption in Moscow. 'Snowdrops assaults all your senses with its power and poetry, and leaves you stunned and addicted' Independent Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 240. Good, clean copy
SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2011
Snowdrops. That's what the Russians call them - the bodies that float up into the light in the thaw. Drunks, most of them, and homeless people who just give up and lie down into the whiteness, and murder victims hidden in the drifts by their killers.
Nick has a confession. When he worked as a high-flying British lawyer in Moscow, he was seduced by Masha, an enigmatic woman who led him through her city: the electric nightclubs and intimate dachas, the human kindnesses and state-wide corruption. Yet as Nick fell for ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
Used, Very Good
Weight
240g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848874534
SKU
KSG0007571
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About A. D. Miller
Born in London in 1974, A D Miller studied literature at Cambridge and Princeton. He worked as a television producer before joining the The Economist. From 2004 to 2007 he was the magazine's Moscow correspondent, travelling widely across Russia and the former Soviet Union. He is the author of the acclaimed family history The Earl of Petticoat Lane (Heinemann, 2006). ... Read more
Reviews for Snowdrops
"Snowdrops assaults all your senses with its power and poetry, and leaves you stunned and addicted" Independent, "A superlative portrait... Snowdrops displays a worldly confidence reminiscent of Robert Harris at his best" Financial Times, "Reads like Graham Greene on steroids... Miller's complex, gripping debut novel is undoubtedly the real thing" Daily Mail, "Miller brilliantly showcases Moscow as ... Read more