エージェント6（上）

Leo Demidov #3, vol. 1 of 2

by Tom Rob Smith, Taguchi Toshiki (Translator)

運命の出会いから15年。レオの妻ライーサは教育界で名を成し、養女のゾーヤとエレナを含むソ連の友好使節団を率いて一路ニューヨークへと向かう。同行を許されなかったレオの懸念をよそに、国連本部で催された米ソの少年少女によるコンサートは大成功。だが、一行が会場を出た刹那に惨劇は起きた――。両大国の思惑に翻弄されながら、真実を求めるレオの旅が始まる。驚愕の完結編。

393 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2011

About the author

Tom Rob Smith (born 1979) is an English writer. The son of a Swedish mother and an English father, Smith was raised in London where he lives today. After graduating from Cambridge University in 2001, he completed his studies in Italy, studying creative writing for a year. After these studies, he worked as a scriptwriter.

His first novel, Child 44, about a series of child murders in Stalinist Russia, appeared in early 2008 and was translated into 17 languages. It was awarded the 2008 Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for Best Thriller of the year by the Crime Writer's Association. It was recently a Barnes & Noble recommended book. On July 29, 2008 the book was named on the long list for the 2008 Man Booker Prize. In November 2008, he was nominated for the 2008 Costa First Novel Award (former Whitbread).

Child 44 followed-up by The Secret Speech (2009)and Agent 6 (2011).

Japanese: トム ロブ スミス

Reviews

[Hitomi · Rating 5 out of 5]

これから、どんだけ恐くなるのか続々しますね。

前2作と比べて、圧倒的に平和な上巻です。