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Product details
| Published | 23 Jun 2022 |
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| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 384 |
| ISBN | 9781408885215 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Dimensions | 234 x 153 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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This clever, gripping novel is based on the true story of a nuclear research facility at Chelyabinsk, where an accident in 1957 caused acute radiation sickness in the area. Natasha Pulley's wry, intelligent style works well to depict the Soviet world of lies and secrets, and Valery's naive goodness is a mirror to the murky world he inhabits
The Times, Book of the Month
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An inventive, mind-bending book
Sunday Times: Best Books of 2022: Historical Fiction
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High drama meets gallows humour on a foundation of the real life 1957 Kyshym disaster in Russia
Strong Words, Books of the Year 2022
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History and imagination collide to stunning effect in this utterly beguiling and addictive novel. Unflinching, darkly funny, and all too easy to believe, The Half Life Of Valery K is the kind of book that haunts the reader long after the last page is turned
Erin Kelly
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Pulley adds to her impressive oeuvre with another exquisite novel. Many of the author's trademarks are on display here: a finely-drawn period setting, a vein of dark humour, a plot blending historical fact and fiction, and a protagonist seeking to do the right thing in the face of a brutal political machine. An illuminating and immersive historical tale
Vaseem Khan
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Beautifully written and perfectly paced, this is another triumph from my favourite living author
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