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Moskva: 'The new Le Carre' BBC Radio 2 The Sara Cox Show: Tom Fox Trilogy

Autor Jack Grimwood
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 19 oct 2016
*Longlisted for the 2017 CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for best thriller*

'Even better thanChild 44'Daily Telegraph


'Peppered with memorable characters, carved with precision, ... highly recommended'Shots Magazine
'Given that the definitive thriller in 1980's Moscow already exists (Gorky Park),Moskvalooks like a crazy gamble. But it's one that comes off'Sunday Times

'A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma . . .'

January, 1986. A week after disgraced Intelligence Officer Tom Fox is stationed to Moscow the British Ambassador's fifteen-year-old daughter goes missing. Fox is ordered to find her, and fast. But the last thing the Soviets want is a foreign agent snooping about on their turf. Not when a killer they can't even acknowledge let alone catch is preparing to kill again . . .

A Cold War thriller haunted by an evil legacy from the Second World War,Moskvais a journey into the dark heart of another time and place.

'Mesmerising, surefooted, vividly realised . . . something special in the arena of international thrillers'Financial Times

'A compulsive and supremely intelligent thriller from a master stylist' Michael Marshall, author ofThe Straw Men

'A blizzard of exciting set pieces, superbly realized'Daily Telegraph
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781405921725
ISBN-10: 1405921722
Pagini: 480
Dimensiuni: 133 x 200 x 31 mm
Greutate: 0.33 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Seria Tom Fox Trilogy

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

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Like the city herself, Jack Grimwood'sMoskvaisrichly layered, stylish, beautifully constructed, and full of passion beneath the chills. Part political thriller, part historical novel, part a story of personal redemptions,Moskvacements Jack Grimwood as a powerful new voice in thriller writing.Not to be missed.
Even better thanChild 44
Given that the definitive thriller in 1980's Moscow already exists (Martin Cruz Smith'sGorky Park), Jack Grimwood'sMoskvalooks like a crazy gamble.But it's one that comes off . . .
Tom Fox is well drawn, the action scenes arefilled with energy and tension, but the real hero ofMoskvais Russia itself, bleak, corrupt, falling apart, but with an incurable humanity
Acompulsiveandsupremely intelligent thrillerfrom a master stylist
A first-rate thriller-Moskvagrips from the very first page. Heartily recommended
Hard to know what to praise first here: the operatic sweep of thismesmerisingnovel; the surefooted orchestration oftension; or thevividly realisedsense of time and place; all of these factors mark Jack Grimwood'sMoskvaout assomething special in the arena of international thrillers

Memorable characters, powerful recreationsof history and anunrelenting pacethat will keep you breathless. Astriking débutin the genre.
A sublime writer. . . I felt glimmers ofLe Carréshining through the prose.
If you love thrillersJack Grimwood is the name you need to remember...

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