The enthralling narrative of Shamim Sarif's powerful second novel moves between present day Boston and 1950s Moscow. The novel's journey back to the snowbound streets of post-Stalinist Moscow reveals a world of secrets and treachery. Shamim Sarif's elegant writing delicately evokes the intensity of passionate love and tragic violence

Not final jacket image. An enthralling and deeply moving tale of a precarious world of secrets in post-Stalinist Russia. A high profile publicity campaign of this widely acclaimed novel is set to be launched, coinciding with the film's release in April 2016.