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The Secret Speech

内容简介

SovietUnion,1956:Stalinisdead.Withhispassing,aviolentregimeisbeginningtofracture-leavingbehindasocietywherethepolicearethecriminals,andthecriminalsareinnocent.ThecatalystcomeswhenasecretmanifestocomposedbyStalin'ssuccessorKhrushchevisdistributedtotheentirenation.Itsmessage:Stalinwasatyrantandamurderer.Itspromise:TheSovietUnionwilltransform.ButthereareforcesatworkthatareunabletoforgiveorforgetStalin'styrannysoeasily,thatdemandrevengeofthemostappallingnature.Meanwhile,formerMGBofficerLeoDemidovisfacinghisownturmoil.ThetwoyounggirlsheandhiswifeRaisaadoptedhaveyettoforgivehimforhisinvolvementinthemurderoftheirparents.Theyarenotalone.Nowthatthetruthisout,Leo,RaisaandtheirfamilyareingravedangerfromsomeonewithagrudgeagainstLeo.Someonetransformedbeyondrecognitionintotheperfectmodelofvengeance.FromthestreetsofMoscowinthethroesofpoliticalupheaval,tothewintrySiberiangulagsandtoBudapest,wherearevolutionwilldestroyasmanyinnocentlivesastheregimeitisattemptingtoend,TheSecretSpeechisanotherstunningthrillerfromtheauthoroftheBooker-longlistedChild44.

作者简介

TomRobSmithwasborninl979toaSwedishmotherandanEnglishfatherandwasbroughtupinLondonwherehestilllives.HegraduatedfromCambridgein2001andspentayearinItalyonacreativewritingscholarship.Tomhasworkedasascreenwriterforthepastfiveyears,includingasix-monthstintinPhnomPenhstoryliningCambodia'sfirsteversoap.Hisfirstnovel,CHILD44,waslonglistedforthe2008ManBookerPrize,shortlistedfortheCostaFirstNovelAwardandtheinauguralDesmondElliottPrize,andwontheCrimeWriters'Association'sIanFlemingSteelDaggerAwardforbestadventure/thrillernovelof2008,andtheAmericaneditionwonBestDebutattheInternationalThrillerAwardsandBestDebutattheStrandMagazineawards.

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