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Gorsky
Vesna Goldsworthy
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Description for Gorsky
paperback. 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. When Gorsky approaches Nick with the commission of a lifetime, he suddenly gains access to the world of the wealthy. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 186.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784700706
SKU
9781784700706
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About Vesna Goldsworthy
Vesna Goldsworthy was born in Belgrade in 1961 and has lived in London since 1986. She writes in English, her third language. She has authored three widely translated books: a memoir, Chernobyl Strawberries; Inventing Ruritania, on the shaping of cultural perceptions of the Balkans; and the Crashaw Prize-winning poetry collection, The Angel of Salonika. Gorsky is her first novel.
Reviews for Gorsky
Evocative, captivating and acutely observed
Patricia Nicol
Sunday Times
Clever... entertaining... elegant
Rose Wild
The Times
It's surprising there haven't been more novels drawing on London's fascination with Russian oligarchs. But how to write about them without it all seeming a bit Jackie Collins? Vesna Goldsworthy has hit on the ... Read more
Patricia Nicol
Sunday Times
Clever... entertaining... elegant
Rose Wild
The Times
It's surprising there haven't been more novels drawing on London's fascination with Russian oligarchs. But how to write about them without it all seeming a bit Jackie Collins? Vesna Goldsworthy has hit on the ... Read more