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Title: The Half Life of Valery K
Condition: New
Subtitle: THE TIMES HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTH
ISBN-10: 1408885158
EAN: 9781408885154
ISBN: 9781408885154
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback
Release Date: 16/03/2023
Description: **Shortlisted for the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize**A SUNDAY TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2022The Times Historical Fiction Book of the MonthThe truth must come out.In 1963, in a Siberian gulag, former nuclear specialist Valery Kolkhanov has mastered what it takes to survive: the right connections to the guards for access to food and cigarettes, the right pair of warm boots to avoid frostbite, and the right attitude toward the small pleasures of life. But on one ordinary day, all that changes: Valery’s university mentor steps in and sweeps Valery from the frozen prison camp to a mysterious unnamed town hidden within a forest so damaged it looks like the trees have rusted from within. Here, Valery is Dr. Kolkhanov once more, and he’s expected to serve out his prison term studying the effect of radiation on local animals. But as Valery begins his work, he is struck by the questions his research raises: what, exactly, is being hidden from the thousands who live in the town? And if he keeps looking for answers, will he live to serve out his sentence?Based on real events in a surreal Soviet city, and told with bestselling author Natasha Pulley’s inimitable style, The Half Life of Valery K is a sweeping historical adventure.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Item Height: 198mm
Item Length: 129mm
Author: Natasha Pulley
Genre: Fiction
Topic: Historical Fiction
Release Year: 2023

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