Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
In Stalin's Soviet Union, crime does not exist. But still millions live in fear. The mere suspicion of disloyalty to the State, the wrong word at the wrong time, can send an innocent person to his execution. Officer Leo Demidov, an idealistic war hero, believes he's building a perfect society. But after witnessing the interrogation of an innocent man, his loyalty begins to waver, and when ordered to investigate his own wife, Raisa, Leo is forced to choose where his heart truly lies. Then the impossible happens. A murderer is on the loose, killing at will, and every belief Leo has ever held is shattered. Denounced by his enemies and exiled from home, with only Raisa by his side, he must risk everything to find a criminal that the State won't admit even exists. On the run, Leo soon discovers the danger isn't from the killer he is trying to catch, but from the country he is trying to protect.
Tom Rob Smith was born in l979 to a Swedish mother and an English father and was brought up in London where he still lives. He graduated from Cambridge in 2001 and spent a year in Italy on a creative writing scholarship. Tom has worked as a screenwriter for the past five years, including a six-month stint in Phnom Penh storylining Cambodia's first ever soap. CHILD 44 is his first novel.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781847391599 |
| ISBN 10 | 1847391591 |
| Title | Child 44 |
| Author | Tom Rob Smith |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Year published | 2009-02-19 |
| Number of pages | 480 |
| Prizes | Winner of Galaxy British Book Awards: Waterstone's New Writer of the Year 2009, Winner of CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger 2008, Short-listed for Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2010, Short-listed for Galaxy British Book Awards: Books Direct Crime Thriller of the Year 2009, Short-listed for Independent Booksellers' Week Book of the Year Award: Adults' Book of the Year 2009, Short-listed for The South Bank Show Awards: Literature 2009, Short-listed for CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger 2008, Short-listed for Desmond Elliott Prize 2008, Short-listed for Costa First Novel Award 2008 |
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