The Winter Queen: A Novel
door
Boris Akunin
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Mystery
Science Fiction
History
Formaat
Paperback
Pagina's
264
Taal
Engels
Gepubliceerd
Mar 9, 2004
Uitgever
Random House Trade Paperbacks
Editie
Reprint
ISBN-10
0812968778
ISBN-13
9780812968774
Beschrijving
What would cause a talented young student from a wealthy family to shoot himself in the Alexander Gardens in front of a promenading public? Perhaps it might be the ennui and decadence so popular in France and now migrating over to the upper classes of Russia. The chief of the Criminal Investigations Division of the Moscow Police certainly thinks so, and paradoxically puts his newest recruit, Erast Fandorin, on the case. Fandorin is a young man of irresistible charm, considerable naivete, and a penchant for inadvertently stumbling on the right answer. In his hands, the matter proves not to be an open-and-shut case of suicide, but a phenomenon that will repeat itself again. Before this case is over, this promising young man will have gone far.The New York TimesIf Pushkin had tried his hand at detective fiction, it might have turned out something like this. In fact, the narrative's combination of impulsive passion and cool ratiocination, with its touches of self-mockery and the demonic, suggests the early years of the 19th century rather than the period in which the novel takes place. (The Winter Queen is set in fin-de-siecle Russia, according to a press release, and in 1876 according to the author.) — Richard Lourie
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