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The Soviet Union, 1962. Shoemaker Stanislav Suvorov is imprisoned for five years. His crime? Selling his car for a profit, contravening the Kremlin's strict laws of speculation. Laws which, thirty years later, his daughter Zhanna helps to unravel. In the new Russia, yesterday's crime is today's opportunity. On his release from prison, social shame drives Stanislav to voluntary exile in Siberia, moving his family from a relatively comfortable, continental life in Grozny, the capital of Chechnya,

Author

Conor O'Clery

Publisher

Doubleday Ireland

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9781781620434

Rating

4.2 / 5 (464 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14