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The White Russian: A Novel of Paris
Contributor(s): Bennett, Vanora (Author)
ISBN: 1250079411     ISBN-13: 9781250079411
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
OUR PRICE:   $31.49  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: February 2017
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BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Historical - General
Dewey: FIC
Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.4" W x 9.2" (1.19 lbs) 368 pages
 
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An enchanting, suspenseful novel of love, art, music, and family secrets set among the Russian migr community of Paris in 1937

The White Russian by Vanora Bennett begins as Evie, a rebellious young American, leaves New York in search of art and adventure in Jazz Age Paris, home to her long-estranged bohemian grandmother. But just as Evie arrives, her grandmother becomes very ill. Before she dies, she compels Evie to carry out her final wish: find a man from her past known only as Zhenya.

The quest leads Evie deep into the heart of the Russian migr community of Paris. With the world on the brink of war, she becomes embroiled in murder plots, conspiracies, and illicit love affairs as White Russian faces Red Russian, and nothing is as it seems.

When Evie meets Jean, a liberal Russian refugee connected to her grandmother's circle, she thinks she has finally found the passion and excitement she's yearned for all her life. But is she any nearer to discovering the identity of the mysterious Zhenya or to uncovering the heartbreak of her grandmother's past?

Contributor Bio(s): Bennett, Vanora: - VANORA BENNETT studied Russian at Oxford University and in the USSR. She began her career as a journalist at Reuters and went on to serve as the Moscow correspondent for the Los Angeles Times, winning a U.S. Overseas Press Club award for her writing on Russia. She now lives in Britain and has won the Orwell Prize for political writing for her work at The Times. She is the author of four novels, including Portrait of an Unknown Woman, and two books of non-fiction.