The Translator: one of the top thrillers of 2023 and of the month for The Sunday Times/Times

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He then lost heavily in the Lloyd's crash and at the time of his death, Crawley was virtually penniless.

I didn’t review it right away bc I was stressed about being the first review, so I forget many things. Behind the scenes in Moscow, from the Kremlin to the Lubyanka, by way of wonderfully satirical set pieces of extravagant parties on the shores of Crimea, where the President’s yacht dwarfs the cruiser Moskva, the Russian Black Sea flagship.You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. But they too have eyes and ears, and proximity to power means they can pick up all sorts of intelligence. Can the resourceful Marina navigate treacherous Kremlin power politics and pass on details of the plot? But I’m afraid the character stereotypes are in abundance and give away a rather romantic view of life in Russia, where I have also lived and worked.

I had been married to a Russian, sent my son to a state school, and later I spent ten years working in the energy sector in Moscow. our ability to transmit confidential information, to conduct financial transactions and to communicate internationally, all depend on a global network of physical cables lying under the sea. When the talks commence he is shocked to find his opposite number is a woman he hasn't seen for over 10 years and Marina Volina broke his heart.The name of Crawley-Boevey dates to 1726, when the 2nd Baronet's grandfather Thomas Crawley (1709-1769) inherited Flaxley Abbey and changed his name from Crawley to Crawley-Boevey. The author clearly knows a great deal about modern Moscow and weaves her knowledge in naturally, always as part of the story. Crawley deftly plays off the influences of the old world and the modern age against each other in this story.