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The Russian Detective
20.00 JOD
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A stunning detective story from the winner of the World Illustration Award**OBSERVER GRAPHIC NOVEL OF THE MONTH Pick for March**’Could not be more rich or more beautiful if it tried’ OBSERVERIn this stunning reimagining of a nineteenth-century Russian crime thriller from the world of Dostoevsky, Carol Adlam presents Charlie Fox, stunt journalist, magician, liar and thief, who reluctantly returns to her hometown of Nowheregrad to investigate the murder of Elena Ruslanova, daughter of a fabulously wealthy glass manufacturer.In Nowheregrad Charlie finds herself caught up in a multi-layered story that is told through the richly varied visual devices of the time. With the unwitting assistance of her lover, Netochka, Charlie unravels the mystery of the Bobrov family, only to face the truth about herself.Exquisitely drawn and compellingly told, Adlam’s complex, elegant narrative brings to life the lost legacies of early crime fiction and the first women journalists and detectives.
Additional information
| Weight | 0.843 kg |
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| Dimensions | 1.6 × 22.4 × 30.6 cm |
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| Format | Hardback |
| Language | |
| Pages | 112 |
| Publisher | |
| Year Published | 2024-3-7 |
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| Publication City/Country | London, United Kingdom |
| ISBN 10 | 1787334724 |
| About The Author | Carol Adlam holds a PhD in Russian and an MA in Illustration from the Cambridge School of Art. She won a World Illustration Award in 2018, and was shortlisted in both 2016 and 2015. She was a writer-in-residence at the University of St Andrews in 2020 and a Visiting Fellow at the University of Cambridge in 2021. |
| Review Quote | Dostoevsky eat your heart out — here come the women crime writers erased from the Russian canon! |
| Other text | Could not be more rich or more beautiful if it tried. This is a book that replays multiple readings… its illustrations, so deeply atmospheric and so inordinately beautiful |
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