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The State Counsellor: Erast Fandorin 6

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The State Counsellor: Erast Fandorin 6
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Boris Akunin
Translated by Andrew Bromfield
SeriesErast Fandorin Mysteries
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:304
Dimensions(mm): Height 199,Width 155
Category/GenreClassic crime
ISBN/Barcode 9780753826423
ClassificationsDewey:891.735
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Orion Publishing Co
Imprint Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Publication Date 22 January 2009
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

General Khrapov, newly appointed Governor-General of Siberia and soon-to-be Minister of the Interior, is murdered in his official saloon carriage on his way from St Petersburg to Moscow. The killer, disguised as Fandorin, leaves a knife thrust up to the hilt in his victim's chest and escapes through the window of the carriage. Can Fandorin escape suspicion A battle of wills and ideals, revolutionaries and traditionalists and good versus evil.

Author Biography

Boris Akunin is the pseudonym of Grigory Chkhartishvili. He has been compared to Gogol, Tolstoy and Arthur Conan Doyle, and his Erast Fandorin books have sold over eighteen million copies in Russia alone. He lives in Moscow.

Reviews

Akunin is an outstanding novelist ... Gloriously tongue-in-cheek but seriously edge-of-your-seat at the same time * Daily Express * Fandorin delights ... a crime star * Independant * What Akunin's books have in common is charm, elegant writing, abundant wit - and Erast Fandorin ... He is a delightful character like no other in crime fiction * The Times * Fandorin is a debonair combo of Sherlock Holmes, D-Artagnan and most of the soulful heroes of Russian literature ... Andrew Bromfield's translation is key to maintaining the entertaining period pastiche * Sunday Telegraph * The perfect Sunday afternoon read! * Scotland on Sunday *