The Death of Achilles: A Novel
by:
Boris Akunin (author)
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781588365354 (1588365352)
Publish date: April 18th 2006
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Edition language: English
Category:
Adventure,
Literature,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Mystery,
Detective,
Russia,
Russian Literature,
Historical Mystery,
Thriller,
Crime,
Suspense
Series: Erast Fandorin Mysteries (#4)
I'm reading these all again as I have been told by my clever Russian professor that despite the books being set in 1880, they are actually about modern Russia and not only is it fun attempting to work out which characters could possibly be today in modern Russia it gives the whole story an entirely...
A nice thing about series mysteries is the continuity of characters among the volumes. One grows accustomed to their faces and one expects they'll be back, if not the next time you read one of the series, then soon enough.Bah! Humbug! sayeth Boris, happily killing off and abandoning people through t...