Bukhara Express

by William Smethurst

Moscow is falling to rebel troops. The last train out of the doomed city is packed with profiteers, foreign journalists and citizens desperate to escape. As the train flees eastwards, a young English subaltern finds himself given a new and almost impossible responsibility.

320 pages, Hardcover

Published June 2, 1994

About the author

Since starting his career as a BBC journalist William has been an award-winning writer of plays for radio, television, the cinema, and the theatre. In his thirties he was a highly successful editor of the BBC’s “The Archers”, and executive producer of serial drama for Central Television. Running his own production company he devised and produced the sci-fi serial drama “Jupiter Moon” which sold to over 20 countries round the world.
He wrote the non-fiction Sunday Times best seller “The Archers - the true story”. His novels include the award-winning satire “Jennifer’s Friends”, and the highly-acclaimed sci-fi time shift trilogy of “Sinai”, “Pasiphae”, and “Woken’s Eye”.

He and his wife Carolynne spend their summers cruising Europe in their boat, and their winters in Devon.

Reviews

[Valerie · Rating 1 out of 5]

I started this and finally abandoned it after about 100 pages - before they even get on the train. Very slow going and I am completely unengaged with Kate - what an idiot. I might go back to it, but it's at the bottom of my to-read pile now.