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The
Industry of Souls
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ISBN: 1899235515 (UK); 0312242034 (USA) |
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The
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Adrift in the Oceans of Mercy |
The Industry of Souls is
the story of Alexander Bayliss, a British citizen arrested for spying
in the Soviet Union in the early 1950's. Presumed dead by the British
Government, he survives 20 years in a soviet labour camp. Eventually freed
from the gulag in the 1970's, he finds he has no reason to return to the
west - he has become Russian in everything but birth. He finds his way
to the home of his best friend at the camp - Kirill. Taken in by Kirill's
childless daughter and her husband he eventually becomes a local schoolmaster
- much loved by all the village. Now on the day of his 80th birthday Russia
is much changed. Communism has evaporated. In the aftermath, information
has come to light that he is still alive. The story moves from this day
to his past in the camp and his life in the village. And it ends with
him having to make a choice, perhaps for the first time in his life.
This is Martin Booth's twelfth adult novel. His novel Hiroshima Joe sold more than 350,000 copies worldwide reaching number 9 on the UK bestseller list. His most recent non-fiction books include The Doctor, The Detective and Arthur Conan Doyle - a biography of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Opium: a History. An inveterate traveller, Martin Booth frequently broadcasts for the BBC. |
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