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addenda:  Boris Akunin <== best fiction writer at work today

Boris Akunin is the biggest selling Russian writer of our time. Several of his crime fiction novels have been turned into films and plays.

Though his books are set in the late 19th Century, they are also a comment on contemporary Russia.

 Listen to Boris Akunin talk to Carrie Gracie on The Interview

 

Boris Akunin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Under the pseudonym Boris Akunin he has written several works of fiction, mainly novels and stories in the following series: "Adventures of Erast Fandorin", ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BorisAkunin - 37k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this

The Winter Queen (novel) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Boris Akunin is the pen name of Grigory Chkartishvili, a Russian writer and ... Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TheWinter_Queen_(novel) - 39k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this More results from en.wikipedia.org »

Boris Akunin: the Evil Spirit or Good Luck of Modern Russian ...

Boris Akunin enjoys being the most successful commercial writer on the Russian ... ru.wikipedia.org · www.arba.ru. Vera Ivanova and Mikhail Manykin ... www.russia-ic.com/culture_art/literature/236/ - 35k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this