Gorsky: A Novel

On a rainy afternoon in London’s old Chelsea, a charming
multi-billionaire Russian oligarch, Gorsky, walks into an ailing bookshop and
writes the first of several quarter-of-a-million pound checks. With that money,
Gorsky has tasked Nikola, the store’s bored and brilliant clerk, with sourcing
books for a massive personal library, which which will be housed in the magnificent,
palatial home Gorsky happens to be building immediately next to Nikola’s own
modest dwelling. Gorsky needs a tasteful collection of Russian literature to
woo a long-lost love—no matter that she happens to be married to an Englishman.
His passion for her surpasses even his immeasurable wealth, and Nikola will be
drawn into a world of opulence, greed, capitalism, sex, and beauty as he helps
Gorsky pursue this doomed love.

Charmingly written and inspired by The Great Gatsby, Gorsky is a vicarious thrill—an ode to cosmopolitan taste and a
brilliant reimagining of a powerful classic.