Child 44 - Brossura

Smith, Tom Rob

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0446572764 ISBN 13: 9780446572767

Casa editrice: Grand Central Pub, 2011

Riassunto

The New York Times bestselling novel that inspired the major motion picture starring Tom Hardy and Noomi Rapace

In a country ruled by fear, no one is innocent.

Stalin's Soviet Union is an official paradise, where citizens live free from crime and fear only one thing: the all-powerful state. Defending this system is idealistic security officer Leo Demidov, a war hero who believes in the iron fist of the law. But when a murderer starts to kill at will and Leo dares to investigate, the State's obedient servant finds himself demoted and exiled. Now, with only his wife at his side, Leo must fight to uncover shocking truths about a killer-and a country where "crime" doesn't exist.

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Recensione:

"Sensational...crackling...Smith's prose is propulsive...his real genius is his careful potting...an elaborate mystery."―Entertainment Weekly

"One of the rare pleasures of the book-reviewing trade is first hearing all sorts of advance hype about a novel and then finding out that every word was true."―Chicago Tribune

L'autore:

International #1 bestselling author Tom Rob Smith graduated from Cambridge University in 2001 and lives in London. His novels in the Child 44 trilogy were New York Times bestsellers and international publishing sensations. Among its many honors, Child 44 won the ITW 2009 Thriller Award for Best First Novel, The Strand Magazine 2008 Critics Award for Best First Novel, the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award, and was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize.

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• Editore: Grand Central Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0446572764
• ISBN 13: 9780446572767
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 468