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Special Assignments: Erast Fandorin 5
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Special Assignments: Erast Fandorin 5
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Boris Akunin
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Translated by Andrew Bromfield
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| Series | Erast Fandorin Mysteries |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:336 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 131,Width 200 |
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| Category/Genre | Crime and mystery |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780753823484
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| Classifications | Dewey:891.735 |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Orion Publishing Co
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| Imprint |
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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| Publication Date |
10 January 2008 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Boris Akunin's well-loved, inimitable hero faces two very different adversaries: one, a deft, comedic swindler and master of disguise, whose machinations send ripples spreading through the carefully maintained calm of Moscow in 1886. The other is a brutal serial killer, driven by an insane, maniacal obsession, who strikes terror into the heart of the Moscow slums in 1889 - and who may have more in common with London's own Jack the Ripper than simply a taste for women of easy virtue.
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 ten million copies in Russia alone. He lives in Moscow.
Reviews"Pure escapist fun that has, in Russia, outsold Harry Potter" London Review of Books
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