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A Very Expensive Poison
The Definitive Story of the Murder of Litvinenko and Russia's War with the West
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A Very Expensive Poison
The shocking true story of the Litvinenko poisoning, told by the author of The Snowden Files and Wikileaks.
The shocking true story of the Litvinenko poisoning, told by the author of The Snowden Files and Wikileaks.
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1 November 2006. Alexander Litvinenko is brazenly poisoned in central London. Twenty-two days later he dies, killed from the inside. The poison? Polonium; a rare, lethal, and highly radioactive substance. His crime? He had made some powerful enemies in Russia.
Based on the best part of a decade's reporting, as well as extensive interviews with those closest to the events (including the murder suspects), and access to trial evidence, Luke Harding's A Very Expensive Poison is the definitive inside story of the life and death of Alexander Litvinenko.
Harding traces the journey of the nuclear poison across London, from hotel room to nightclub, assassin to victim; it is a deadly trail that seemingly leads back to the Russian state itself. This is a shocking real-life revenge tragedy with corruption and subterfuge at every turn, and walk-on parts from Russian mafia, the KGB, MI6 agents, dedicated British coppers, and Russian dissidents. At the heart of this all is an individual and his family torn apart by a ruthless crime.
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A Very Expensive Poison has been praised for its gripping narrative and meticulous investigation into the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko. Readers appreciate Harding's detailed and compelling storytelling, providing an insightful look into international espionage and politics. Many find it both chilling and enlightening, with a strong emphasis on its procedural and factual nature.
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ISBN: 9781783350940
Publisher: Guardian Faber Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 15 December 2016
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Guardian Faber Publishing
Edition: Main
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 28.0mm
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 195.0mm
Weight: 380g
Pages: 464
About the Author
Luke Harding is an award-winning foreign correspondent with the Guardian. Between 2007 and 2011 he was the Guardian's Moscow bureau chief; the Kremlin expelled him from the country in the first case of its kind since the cold war. He is the author of Mafia State and co-author of WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange's War on Secrecy, The Liar: The Fall of Jonathan Aitken (nominated for the Orwell Prize) and The Snowden Files. Two of Harding's books have been made into films; The Fifth Estate and Snowden.
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