A.D. Miller studied literature at Cambridge and Princeton, and worked as a television producer before joining the Economist. He has served as the magazine’s Moscow correspondent and is currently an editor in its London office. Snowdrops is his first novel/5(). Snowdrops is the first novel by A.D. Miller, formerly the Moscow correspondent of The Economist. Snowdrops is published in January by Atlantic in Britain, and in February by Doubleday in the United States and Harper Canada. It is also published in 25 other countries and languages. There are no love stories. There are only crime stories." In the last resort, Miller's book is a thriller with a soul, much in the manner of Martin Cruz Smith's GORKY PARK, though from an expatriate perspective. It begins with a "snowdrop," the Moscow term for a dead body buried in /5().
Snowdrops. A.D. Miller's chilling story of love and moral freefall: of the corruption, by a corrupt society, of a corruptible man. In a riveting psychological drama that unfolds over the course of one Moscow winter, a young Englishman's moral compass is spun by the seductive opportunities revealed to him by a new Russia. This is a land of. Snowdrops is the first novel by A.D. Miller, formerly the Moscow correspondent of The Economist. Snowdrops is published in January by Atlantic in Britain, and in February by Doubleday in the United States and Harper Canada. It is also published in 25 other countries and languages. Snowdrops: A. D. Miller: Doubleday () Rating: *** Tags: Mystery, Thriller, Contemporary: SHORTLISTED for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction An intense psychological drama that echoes sophisticated entertainments like Gorky Park and *The Talented Mr. Ripley. *.
Q A with A. D. Miller; Video trailer (in German) Podcast with The Economist; Q A with A.D. Miller. You've described Snowdrops as a "moral thriller". What do you mean by that? You know something bad is going to happen in this book: you find that out on the very first page, though you're not sure exactly what. A.D. Miller's Snowdrops is a refreshing book full of intrigue. Set in modern-day Moscow, the story concerns a British lawyer who becomes involved with two enticing young women. The reader smoothly enters another world: feels the gripping cold, gapes at the horror of certain scenes, and becomes emotionally involved with an older woman's plight. Written by AD Miller — A snowdrop is a lovely flower, but as this book explains in its first few pages, it’s also the Russian vernacular for a dead body that turns up when the snow melts. Each spring, Moscow’s icy drifts subside, and the authorities find all the drunks, vagrants and murder victims who went missing in the frozen months.
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