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It is summer 1999 in Russia, a country on the threshold of anarchy. An interim president sits powerless in Moscow as his nation is wracked by famine and inflation, crime and corruption, and seething hordes of the unemployed roam the streets.
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Classical in form, grave, earnest and contemporary.
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About the book
- Author
- Frederick Forsyth
- First published
- 1996
- Pages
- 574
- Publisher
- Kadokawa Shoten, Chivers Press, Bantam Books
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- French, Russian, Japanese, English
- ISBN
- 9780783819600
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