Granny Yaga by Vitali Vitaliev
Granny Yaga follows the switchback adventures of a boy called Danny, growing up in North London where the local she-dragons are notorious fighters, and any alert passer-by can spot Granny herself flying low over the British Museum. Danny becomes Granny's aide-de-camp in a life-or-death duel with the demon Koschei, fought out in the London underground, in disused stations, boarded-up houses and the enchanted skies over Crouch End, with back-up from the relatively orthodox magic of Yesterdayland (huts on chicken legs, talking cats, self-catering tablecloths) and the realpolitik of its neighbouring Soviet satellite, a land of cruel edicts and capricious tsars where the workers and permanently drunk, and the loo seats belonging to each family in a communal flat hang side by side on the wall 'like luckless horseshoes'. A gripping read for all ages, from Danny's to Granny's. Hilary Spurling Delightfully inventive. Wickedly funny. Marina Lewycka, author of A Short History of Tractors in UkranianThe first investigative journalist in the old Soviet Union, Vitali Vitaliev was forced to defect from the USSR in January 1990 the result of his ground-breaking and courageous investigations into Soviet organised crime, neo-fascism, political prisoners and persecutions.
For his dangerous, courageous and pioneering exposures, he has been awarded several Journalist of the Year awards and received the Nieman Fellowship in Journalism from Harvard University (USA) the most prestigious title that can be bestowed to a professional working in the field of international investigative journalism.
Vitali is a regular media commentator on current political and social issues. He now works as an Editor of E&T magazine and is an accomplished and popular public speaker.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781908756749 |
| ISBN 10 | 1908756748 |
| Title | Granny Yaga |
| Author | Vitali Vitaliev |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Thrust Books |
| Year published | 2016-05-25 |
| Number of pages | 220 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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