エージェント6（下）

Leo Demidov #3, vol. 2 of 2

by Tom Rob Smith, Taguchi Toshiki (Translator)

1980年。ニューヨーク行きの野望を断たれたレオは、ソ連軍の侵攻したカブールで、設立間もないアフガニスタン秘密警察の教官という職に甘んじている。アヘンに溺れる無為な日々がつづくが、訓練生ナラを伴ったある捜査で彼女とともにムジャヒディン・ゲリラに囚われてしまう。ここにいたって、レオは捨て身の賭けに出た。惜しみない愛を貫く男は何を奪われ、何を与えられるのか？

479 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]

それほど恐くなかった。

が、まさかアフガン戦争に話が飛ぶとは。

世界は酷いね。

アフガンがおかしくなるのも、無理はないよ。