Vodka is a sprawling, epic story of russia immediately after the end of the. As late as 1987, soviet language primers presented english conversation as an arcane form of repetition few english people would recognise. This was a great book that had the possibility to be even better. Starling description of moscow, vodka, and all things russian is very impressive. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Site include bibliography and brief author biography.
It is a philosophy, a metaphor and a stable currency, with teachers receiving their. Boris starlings third thriller vodka continues the run of excellence that started with. Boris starling has worked as a reporter on the sun and the daily telegraph and most recently for a company which specialises in kidnap negotiation, clandestine investigations and political risk analysis. The problem is that the story goes all over the road. Boris starling has worked as a reporter for the sun and the daily telegraph. Boris starling is the author of the acclaimed recent novel vodka as well as two new york times extendedlist bestsellers, storm and messiah. Boris starling born 1969 is a british novelist, screenwriter and newspaper columnist.
In starling s book, russian vodka is no ordinary drink. Alle boeken van boris starling in een overzicht met boekomslag, flaptekst en publicatie historie. Chris petit enjoys boris starlings vodka, a tale of monsters and metaphors set in moscow. From december 23, 1991, to may 9, 1992, the reader is taken on a wild roller coaster ride through a landscape reeling in the aftermath of the dissolution of the soviet union and the inception of privatization. He studied at cambridge and currently lives in london with his partner and their daughter. Boris starling s sprawling narrative is set in moscow over a period of only four and one half months, yet the novel is epic in nature. His first book, messiah, was made into a miniseries on the bbc, for which starling was the series creator. Notable for its fast pace and high levels of gore, messiah was a commercial and critical success, reaching both the new york times and the official uk. Boris starling may be british, but he definitely has a bit of the russian soul inside of him. Boris starling worked as a reporter on the sun and the daily telgraph and. Corporate intrigue, murder, mobsters, government overthrow, its all in this book and makes it.
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