Szindbád Szibériában

Szindbád, a detective, falls into Soviet captivity and after a long train journey that decimates the prisoners finds himself in a Siberian labour camp near Lake Baikal. He is fighting to stay alive in the camp's terrible conditions when a mysterious crime comes to his aid: someone steals the extremely valuable telescopic rifle of the camp commander, Major Grecki, and Szindbád finds out who did it. His life changes completely. Hired by the Soviet police, he has to steer through dangerous waters, since in a system built on daily terror one never knows who is who, but his investigative instinct and knowledge of people carry him through. The novel shows everyday life in the Soviet Union of the 1940s, the absurd workings of Stalin's regime and the landscapes and ancient culture of Siberia.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

589 pages in the original

Genres

Crime, Historical, War (assigned by AI)

Set in

Russia, 1940s

First published

2013 by Magvető

Author's age

44 when first published

ISBN

9789631430417 (original)