A wonderfully rich and vibrant novel that tells the story of one of Russia’s post-Communist Oligarchs and the two women who marry him, from impoverished boyhood, through unimaginable power and wealth, to the moment when he finally overreaches himself.
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"This wildly romantic and powerfully atmospheric novel takes us from the cramped, steaming kitchens of Nowhereski, Siberia, to the presidential suites of the world's best hotels. Like all rags-to-riches stories, the rags are the best bit. I enjoyed it so much I wanted to read it again, instantly." —Daily Mail
"A drop of the hard stuff, administered tenderly by someone who's obviously been there." —Christopher Hitchens on Neat Vodka
"Blundy, a journalist herself, puts a distinctly human face on the headlines while telling a corker of a story. . . . This is a keeper; don't miss it." —Booklist starred review of Bad News Bible
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A former Moscow correspondent for The Times, Anna Blundy has lived and worked in Russia on many occasions, doing a variety of things, from singing in a blues band in the early 90s and making coffee for the ABC News Bureau, to interviewing Mikhail Gorbachev live in Russian on Radio Svoboda in 1998. She wrote a single girl column for The Times magazine in her twenties and now writes a column for them about Italy, where she lives. She has worked as a correspondent for CNN and SKY and is a regular guest on American ABC's political discussion show World View from London. She is the author of the critically acclaimed memoir of her father David Blundy (killed in El Salvador by a sniper when she was nineteen) and of five novels about war correspondent, Faith Zanetti. She is married with two children and lives in a hilltop village in Tuscany.
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This review is from: The Oligarch's Wife (Paperback)
Anna Blundy is very good, as always.
This book is a real page turner. Being russian myself it's very interesting to see what other people think of my country. It's a little bit too dramatic and somehow time frames of events doesn't match, but it's still looks real and very interesting to read. If you are going for lazy vacation - take this book and enjoy it.
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