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The People's Act of Love

By James Meek

Book information

Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Year
2006
ISBN
1841957062, 9781841957067
Language
english
Format
MOBI
Filesize
832 kB (852067 bytes)
Pages
391\0
Time added
2012-03-09 12:00:00

Description

In 1919 Siberia, in the outer reaches of a country recently torn apart by civil war, lives a small Christian sect and its enigmatic leader, Balashov. Stationed in their midst is a company of Czech soldiers, on the losing side of the recent conflict and desperate to get home. Into this isolated community trudges Samarin, an escapee from Russia's northernmost prison. His arrival intrigues many of the locals, including Anna Petrovna, a beautiful young war widow, but when the local shaman is found dead, suspicion and terror engulf the little town..."The People's Act of Love" is an epic drama of desire and sacrifice, a grand table for modern times.

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