Alexander Nekrassov

Saving Ivan is a fast-moving thriller set against the political background of post-communist Russia, dominated by high-level corruption, murder and intrigue. The plot twists and turns, switching from the streets of Moscow to the London social scene; from the office of the President of Russia to the Mafia-controlled turf; from the headquarters of the former KGB at Lubyanka to the millionaire`s row of Kensington, W8. From the first page things are not what they seem and each player in the drama has his own secret agenda. Former KGB agents operate alongside Russian gangsters, aided by top Kremlin officials, and there is a hit squad on the loose in Moscow carrying out murders on the orders of someone at the very top of the political ladder....

Дата выхода: январь 2007

Saving Ivan is a tense thriller set against a political background in Russia dominated by high level corruption, murder and intrigue. The plot twists and turns, and the action moves from the streets of Moscow to the London social circuit, from the office of the President of Russia to the Mafia controlled Moscow turf, from the battlefields of Chechnya to a Kremlin coup. From the first page, things are not what they seem; each player in the drama, unknown to the others, has his own agenda; and the reader is kept guessing until the very end. ALEXANDER NEKRASSOV is the great grandson of both Leo Tolstoy and the famous nineteenth century Russian poet Nikolai Nekrassov. He is perhaps the first Russian writer since Nabokov to write in English;...

Дата выхода: январь 2002