The Russian Detective

Name: The Russian Detective
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9781787334724
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By Carol Adlam

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The Russian Detective is a stunning detective story from the winner of the World Illustration Award. OBSERVER GRAPHIC NOVEL OF THE MONTH Pick for March 'Could not be more rich or more beautiful if it tried' — OBSERVER In this stunning reimagining of a nineteenth-century Russian... Read More

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The Russian Detective is a stunning detective story from the winner of the World Illustration Award.

OBSERVER GRAPHIC NOVEL OF THE MONTH Pick for March

'Could not be more rich or more beautiful if it tried' — OBSERVER

In this stunning reimagining of a nineteenth-century Russian crime thriller from the world of Dostoevsky, Carol Adlam presents Charlie Fox, stunt journalist, magician, liar and thief, who reluctantly returns to her hometown of Nowheregrad to investigate the murder of Elena Ruslanova, daughter of a fabulously wealthy glass manufacturer.

In Nowheregrad, Charlie finds herself caught up in a multi-layered story that is told through the richly varied visual devices of the time. With the unwitting assistance of her lover, Netochka, Charlie unravels the mystery of the Bobrov family, only to face the truth about herself.

Exquisitely drawn and compellingly told, Adlam's complex, elegant narrative brings to life the lost legacies of early crime fiction and the first women journalists and detectives.

A GUARDIAN GRAPHIC NOVEL OF THE YEAR

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781787334724

Publisher: Vintage Publishing

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 07 March 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Jonathan Cape

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 16.0mm

Width: 224.0mm

Height: 307.0mm

Weight: 852g

Pages: 112

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Adult Graphic Novels Carol Adlam Crime & Thriller Education & Reference Fiction General Fiction Graphic Novels Penguin Books

About the Author

Carol Adlam holds a PhD in Russian and an MA in Illustration from the Cambridge School of Art. She won a World Illustration Award in 2018, and was shortlisted in both 2016 and 2015. She was a writer-in-residence at the University of St Andrews in 2020 and a Visiting Fellow at the University of Cambridge in 2021.