Red to Black: 1 (Anna Rensikov) - Softcover

Dryden, Alex

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062085875 ISBN 13: 9780062085870

Publisher: Harper, 2011

Synopsis

"Red to Black has more in common with the elegantly paced books of John le Carré than it does with Ian Fleming's James Bond novels. But readers who appreciate a healthy dose of real-world worries in their spy novels won't complain."
--Richmond Times-Dispatch

Gorky Park for the Putin era, Red To Black by Alex Dryden could have been ripped from recent headlines. At once a spy thriller, a love story, and a chilling look at a dangerously resurgent superpower, it is a masterful work that Stephen Fry calls, "Brilliant and unforgettable....Nothing short of miraculous." Welcome to the New Russia.

About this title

Review:

"Alex Dryden's brilliant and unforgettable novel has told me more about the making of modern Russia than I could learn from all books of journalism and contemporary history combined...nothing short of miraculous."--Stephen Fry

"Dryden has written a superb spy novel....the warning bell that "Red to Black" sounds against Putin's Russia has a powerful ring, especially when it turns to the KGB."--Richmond Times-Dispatch

"Terrifying, quite frankly . . . chillingly unputdownable--everything you didn't want to know about Putin but were afraid to ask."--Emma Thompson

"Prescient . . . [Red to Black] depicts a frightening and ruthless Russia, which answers to nobody."--The Economist

"An exceptional novel by any standard; readers who enjoy a love story mixed with their espionage (à la le Carré's The Little Drummer Girl) will appreciate."--Library Journal (starred review)

Book Description:

An upmarket, well informed and incredibly topical novel that marks the return of the spy thriller, in the vein of John le Carre and Robert Harris

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0062085875
• ISBN 13: 9780062085870
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 480