Gorsky

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It was a piece of business that comes along once in a lifetime. If you are lucky. A captivating tale of big money, Russian beauty and good books. Longlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 'Captivating' Sunday Times 'Glittering' Sunday Express London dances to the tune of Gorsky's billions.The most enigmatic of oligarchs, Gorsky desires and gets the best of everything and now he has his sights set on Natalia. That she is already married is an inconvenient detail. Nick works in a shabby-chic bookshop. When Gorsky approaches him with the commission of a lifetime, Nick suddenly gains access to the world of the wealthy and the beautiful. But this privilege comes at a price and Nick finds his new life suddenly fraught with danger...

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Evocative, captivating and acutely observed -- Patricia Nicol * Sunday Times *
Clever... entertaining... elegant -- Rose Wild * The Times *
Its surprising there havent been more novels drawing on Londons fascination with Russian oligarchs. But how to write about them without it all seeming a bit Jackie Collins Vesna Goldsworthy has hit on the perfect solution with her witty novel Gorsky -- Viv Groskop * Spectator *
This is the most enjoyable fiction Ive come across this year. Gorsky is engaging and, best of allmanages to cast London in a new and softer light. I defy anyone who revelled in Fitzgeralds original not to have fun with Goldsworthys attempt to transpose arguably the greatest American novel back to the old world -- Peter Carty * Financial Times *
Written with such narrative elegance that youre led irresistibly on, as with some exquisite dish, from one perfect melting mouthful to the next * Michael Frayn *

Author Bio

Vesna Goldsworthy comes from Belgrade. She began her writing life as a poet and at twenty-two performed her poetry to thirty thousand people at a football stadium. At twenty-four she moved to the UK and started writing in English, her third language. Her widely-translated books include a prize-winning poetry collection The Angel of Salonika; an internationally bestselling memoir, Chernobyl Strawberries; and the London-based novels Gorsky and Monsieur Ka. A former BBC World Service journalist, she is now an academic and occasional broadcaster.