チャイルド44（下）

Leo Demidov #1, vol. 2 of 2

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

少年少女が際限なく殺されてゆく。どの遺体にも共通の“しるし”を残して――。知的障害者、窃盗犯、レイプ犯と、国家から不要と断じられた者たちがそれぞれの容疑者として捕縛され、いとも簡単に処刑される。国家の威信とは？　組織の規律とは？　個人の尊厳とは？　そして家族の絆とは？　葛藤を封じ込め、愛する者たちのすべてを危険にさらしながら、レオは真犯人に肉迫してゆく。

383 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