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Jonathan’s 2025 Year in Books
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Jonathan Payne
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Citizen Orlov (Citizen Orlov #1)
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Hotel Melikov (Citizen Orlov #2)
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Croatian translation
The Croatian translation of CITIZEN ORLOV is now available from VBZ Books. Translation by Neven Anticevic. Cover illustration by Milan Trenc, the creator of The Night at the Museum.
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"In an unnamed country after the Great War, a fishmonger named Orlov answers a phone call meant for a secret agent, and that one call sends him spiraling into the world of espionage. His first assignment: Safeguard the king from an assassination attem"
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"Hotel Melikov is one of those rare books that manages to be genuinely funny while also telling a smart, tightly plotted story. Jonathan Payne leans hard into satire here, and it absolutely works. If you enjoy political absurdity, dry wit, and a main "
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"Another exciting adventure with our favorite fishmonger in an unnamed mountainous country in central Europe at the end of the Great War. Orlov, now Minister of Security under the new king, is still unsure of his loyalties and of his role in the new g"
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“During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.”
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“It appeared that there had even been demonstrations to thank Big Brother for raising the chocolate ration to twenty grammes a week. And only yesterday, he reflected, it had been announced that the ration was to be reduced to twenty grammes a week. Was it possible that they could swallow that, after only twenty-four hours? Yes, they swallowed it.”
― 1984
― 1984
“It appeared that there had even been demonstrations to thank Big Brother for raising the chocolate ration to twenty grammes a week. And only yesterday, he reflected, it had been announced that the ration was to be REDUCED to twenty grammes a week. Was it possible that they could swallow that, after only twenty-four hours? Yes, they swallowed it.”
― 1984
― 1984
“We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere. When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant. Wherever men and women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must - at that moment - become the center of the universe.”
― The Night Trilogy: Night, Dawn, The Accident
― The Night Trilogy: Night, Dawn, The Accident
“The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all.”
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