チャイルド44（上）

Leo Demidov #1, vol. 1 of 2

by Tom Rob Smith, Taguchi Toshiki (Translator), Tom Rob Smith

スターリン体制下のソ連。国家保安省の敏腕捜査官レオ・デミドフは、あるスパイ容疑者の拘束に成功する。だが、この機に乗じた狡猾な副官の計略にはまり、妻ともども片田舎の民警へと追放される。そこで発見された惨殺体の状況は、かつて彼が事故と遺族を説得した少年の遺体に酷似していた……。ソ連に実在した大量殺人犯に着想を得て、世界を震撼させた超新星の鮮烈なデビュー作！

394 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

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