There’s a new review by thriller writer Helen Black of A Razor Wrapped in Silk up on the blogsite Strictly Writing. She admits she approached the book with “a degree of trepidation”, because her dad, a hard-drinking Yorkshire miner, was a massive fan of Russian literature, and in particular Crime and Punishment, re-reading it every …
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In my last post, I was wondering how my third Porfiry novel A Razor Wrapped in Silk came to be translated into the French as Les Enfants Perdus de l’Empire (The Lost Children of the Empire). I’m indebted to my good friend Nick Primmer for sending me the explanation. His solution is similar to those …
Today sees the publication of the French edition of my third Russian-set crime mystery, which has the English title of A Razor Wrapped in Silk, but is known in France as Les enfants perdus de l’Empire. I just happened to receive six complimentary copies in the post this morning. My thanks to my French publisher, …
Many thanks to Kristen for this lovely review on the We Be Reading site.
It’s always gratifying when a fellow writer says nice things about your work, particularly when it’s a writer you admire. Vanessa Gebbie is the author of two collections of short stories, Words from a Glass Bubble (2008) and Storm Warning (2010), both published by Salt. She is a very fine writer indeed so I have …