{"product_id":"special-assignments-the-further-adventures-of-erast-fandorin-paperback","title":"Special Assignments: The Further Adventures of Erast Fandorin - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBoris Akunin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSpecial Assignments\u003c\/i\u003e, Erast Fandorin, nineteenth-century Russia's suavest sleuth, faces two formidable new foes: One steals outrageous sums of money, the other takes lives. \"The Jack of Spades\" is a civilized swindler who has conned thousands of rubles from Moscow's residents-including Fandorin's own boss, Prince Dolgorukoi. To catch him, Fandorin and his new assistant, timid young policeman Anisii Tulipov, must don almost as many disguises as the grifter does himself. \"The Decorator\" is a different case altogether: A savage serial killer who believes he \"cleans\" the women he mutilates and takes his orders from on high, he must be given Fandorin's most serious attentions.\u003cbr\u003ePeopled by a rich cast of eccentric characters, and with plots that are as surprising as they are inventive, \u003ci\u003eSpecial Assignments \u003c\/i\u003ewill delight Akunin's many fans, while challenging the gentleman sleuth's brilliant powers of detection. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePraise from England: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Boris Akunin's wit and invention are a source of constant wonder.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e-Evening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[Fandorin is] a debonair combo of Sherlock Holmes, D'Artagnan and most of the soulful heroes of Russian literature. . . . This pair of perfectly balanced stories permit the character of Fandorin to grow.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e-The Sunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Agatha Christie meets James Bond: [Akunin's] plots are intricate and tantalizing. . . . [These stories] are unputdownable and great fun.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e-Sunday Express\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The beguiling, super-brainy, sexy, unpredictable Fandorin is a creation like no other in crime fiction.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e-The Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBORIS AKUNIN is the pen name of Grigory Chkhartishvili, who was born in the Republic of Georgia in 1956. A philologist, critic, essayist, and translator of Japanese, Akunin published his first detective stories in 1998 and has already become one of the most widely read authors in Russia. He is the author of eleven Erast Fandorin novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Winter Queen\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Turkish Gambit\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMurder on the Leviathan\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Death of Achilles\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSpecial Assignments \u003c\/i\u003eavailable from Random House Trade Paperbacks; and \u003ci\u003eSister Pelagia and the White Bulldog\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSister Pelagia and the Black Monk\u003c\/i\u003e, in the Sister Pelagia series. He lives in Moscow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.77 x 7.98 x 5.28 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 12, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46858380935307,"sku":"9780812978605","price":32.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2579\/7259\/files\/gb2zTSPg6u9780812978605.webp?v=1778143822","url":"https:\/\/thetaletrade.com\/products\/special-assignments-the-further-adventures-of-erast-fandorin-paperback","provider":"The Tale Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}