Gorsky
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Published:3rd Sep '15
Should be back in stock very soon
It was a piece of business that comes along once in a lifetime. If you are lucky. A captivating tale of big money, Russian beauty and good books.
Longlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction
'Captivating' Sunday Times
'Glittering' Sunday Express
London dances to the tune of Gorsky’s billions.The most enigmatic of oligarchs, Gorsky desires and gets the best of everything and now he has his sights set on Natalia.
Longlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction
'Captivating' Sunday Times
'Glittering' Sunday Express
London dances to the tune of Gorsky’s billions.The most enigmatic of oligarchs, Gorsky desires and gets the best of everything and now he has his sights set on Natalia. That she is already married is an inconvenient detail.
Nick works in a shabby-chic bookshop. When Gorsky approaches him with the commission of a lifetime, Nick suddenly gains access to the world of the wealthy and the beautiful. But this privilege comes at a price and Nick finds his new life suddenly fraught with danger...
Evocative, captivating and acutely observed -- Patricia Nicol * Sunday Times *
Clever... entertaining... elegant -- Rose Wild * The Times *
It’s surprising there haven’t been more novels drawing on London’s fascination with Russian oligarchs. But how to write about them without it all seeming a bit Jackie Collins? Vesna Goldsworthy has hit on the perfect solution with her witty novel Gorsky -- Viv Groskop * Spectator *
This is the most enjoyable fiction I’ve come across this year. Gorsky is engaging and, best of all…manages to cast London in a new and softer light. I defy anyone who revelled in Fitzgerald’s original not to have fun with Goldsworthy’s attempt to transpose arguably the greatest American novel back to the old world -- Peter Carty * Financial Times *
Written with such narrative elegance that you’re led irresistibly on, as with some exquisite dish, from one perfect melting mouthful to the next * Michael Frayn *
- Long-listed for Baileys Womens Prize for Fiction 2016 (UK)
ISBN: 9781784700706
Dimensions: 177mm x 127mm x 18mm
Weight: 184g
288 pages