グラーグ57（下）

Leo Demidov #2, vol. 2 of 2

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

レオに突きつけられた要求は苛酷をきわめた。愛する家族を救うべく、彼は極寒の収容所に潜入して、自ら投獄した元司祭を奪還する。だが、彼を待っていたのは裏切りでしかなかった。絶望の淵に立たされ、敵に翻弄されながらも、レオは愛妻ライーサを伴って、ハンガリー動乱の危機が迫るブダペストへ――。国家の威信と個人の尊厳が火花を散らした末にもたらされる復讐の真実とは？

365 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

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]

スターリン　こわいな〜
つい、こないだまで、ソ連って、ものすごい恐怖だったんですね
平和な日本でも、人生つまんね〜って言ってる私は、
きっと罰が当たります

[Yousseif Abdellatif · Rating 3 out of 5]

Forget the polished PR spin surrounding グラーグ57（下）—Tom Rob Smith goes straight for the throat, dismantling the convenient myths that keep ordinary folks passive.