A. D. MILLER

A. D. Millers Snowdrops is an intensely riveting psychological drama that unfolds over the course of one Moscow winter, as a young Englishmans moral compass is spun by the seductive opportunities revealed to him by a new Russia: a land of hedonism and desperation, corruption and kindness, magical dachas and debauched nightclubs; a place where secrets - and corpses - come to light only when the deep snows start to thaw...

California, 1993: Neil Collins and Adam Tayler, two young British men on the cusp of adulthood, meet at a hostel in San Diego. They strike up a friendship that, while platonic, feels as intoxicating as a romance; they travel up the coast together, harmlessly competitive, innocently collusive, wrapped up in each other. On a camping trip to Yosemite they lead each other to behave in ways that, years later, they will desperately regret. The story of a friendship built on a shared guilt and a secret betrayal, The Faithful Couple follows Neil and Adam across two decades, through girlfriends and wives, success and failure, children and bereavements, as power and remorse ebb between them. Their bifurcating fates offer an oblique portrait of London in the boom-to-bust era of the nineties and noughties, with its instant fortunes and thwarted idealism. California binds them together, until-when the full truth of what happened emerges, bringing recriminations and revenge-it threatens to drive them apart. The Faithful Couple confirms Miller as one of the most exciting and sophisticated novelists in the UK - someone who can tell a great story, with a sense of serious moral complexity. This is that rare bird: a literary novel with mass appeal as well as the potential to win prizes.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2011Snowdrops. Thats what the Russians call them - the bodies that float up into the light in the thaw. Drunks, most of them, and homeless people who just give up and lie down into the whiteness, and murder victims hidden in the drifts by their killers.Nick has a confession. When he worked as a high-flying British lawyer in Moscow, he was seduced by Masha, an enigmatic woman who led him through her city: the electric nightclubs and intimate dachas, the human kindnesses and state-wide corruption. Yet as Nick fell for Masha, he found that he fell away from himself; he knew that she was dangerous, but life in Russia was addictive, and it was too easy to bury secrets - and corpses - in the winter snows...

A brilliant morality story of the new Russia in which the hero is not only compromised but isn't even sure a crime occurred.

When Nick worked as a high-flying British lawyer in Moscow, he was seduced by the enigmatic Masha, who led him through her city: the electric nightclubs, intimate dachas, and state-wide corruption. And as Nick fell for Masha, he found that he fell away from himself; he knew that she was dangerous, but life in Russia was addictive, and it was too easy to bury secrets - and corpses - in the winter snows...

Turn a betrayal inside out and you found its opposite, a secret and a bond. Perhaps that was what friendship came down to: a lifelong, affectionate mutual blackmail. Neil and Adam, two young men on the cusp of adulthood, meet one golden summer in California and, despite their different backgrounds, soon become best friends. Buton a camping trip in Yosemite they lead each other into wrongdoing that, years later, both will desperately regret. Their connection holds through love affairs, fatherhood, the wild successes and unforeseen failures of booming London, as power and guilt ebb between them. Then the truth of that long-ago night emerges. What happens when you discover that the friendship you can't live without was always built on a lie?

Turn a betrayal inside out and you found its opposite, a secret and a bond. Perhaps that was what friendship came down to: a lifelong, affectionate mutual blackmail. Neil and Adam, two young men on the cusp of adulthood, meet one golden summer in California and, despite their different backgrounds, soon become best friends. Buton a camping trip in Yosemite they lead each other into wrongdoing that, years later, both will desperately regret. Their connection holds through love affairs, fatherhood, the wild successes and unforeseen failures of booming London, as power and guilt ebb between them.Then the truth of that long-ago night emerges. What happens when you discover that the friendship you cant live without was always built on a lie?

Tremendous...taut, compelling WILLIAM BOYDAn exceptional political thriller set in Ukraine from the bestselling author of Booker-shortlisted Snowdrops.__________________________________Twelve years ago, Simon Davey prevented a tragedy, and ruined his own life.Once a senior British diplomat in Kyiv, he lost everything in a lurid scandal. Back in London, he is travelling on the Tube when he sees her...Olesya is the woman Simon holds responsible for his downfall. They first met on an icy night during the protests in Independence Square.When Simon decides to follow Olesya, he finds himself plunged back into the dramatic days which changed his life forever.Set in an arena of political interference, corruption and espionage, Independence Square is a story of the ordinary people caught in the crossfires. It is a story of power, and where it really lies in the twenty-first century. __________________________________Praise for A. D. Miller:Reminiscent of Robert Harris at his bestFinancial TimesA mesmerising thriller... Spellbinding D. B. John, author of Star of the NorthMillers gripping novel about truth, lies and power is a searing indictment of our timesSpectatorAn intriguing, evocative tale of betrayal, revolution and heartbreak Jonathan FreedlandUtterly gripping, a novel with its finger on the pulse of geopolitics that still manages to move deeplyObserver

Un joven abogado de inglés narra en esta novela cómo vendió su alma al diablo en el magma corrupto y seductor de las dachas y los clubs nocturnos de Moscú.Nick Platt es un joven abogado que lleva una vida anodina en Moscu. Su trabajo consiste en actuar de enlace entre bancos y conglomerados rusos que quieren llevar a cabo extracciones de crudo en Siberia. Todo tiene cierto aire turbio, pero Nick se convence de que, con el o sin el, los acuerdos seguirian adelante.Un dia de septiembre, Nick conoce a Masha y a Tatiana, dos bellezas con las que se entregara a la vida nocturna decadente de la capital rusa. A medida que frecuenta a las chicas, Nick se enamora de la seductora Masha, que se comporta de manera extraña y caprichosa, algo a lo que, con sus sentidos embotados por el amor, resta importancia.Cuando llega la primavera y comienza el deshielo un cadaver sale a la luz. Nick no podra seguir obviando sus presentimientos. Es el momento de enfrentarse a la verdad.El deshielo narra la historia de como un joven abogado vendio su alma al diablo en el magma corrupto y seductor de las dachas y los clubes nocturnos de Moscu, una ciudad en la que extranjeros y nativos, gansteres y amantes, parecen haberse embarcado en una suerte de caida libre amoral, en la que los cadaveres salen a luz con el deshielo primaveral.Reseñas: Una novela solida, compleja, serena, que se saborea lentamente, y un crudo retrato magnificamente atmosferico de la Rusia moderna. William BoydEl deshielo invade tus sentidos con su fuerza y su poesia, y te deja aturdido y con ganas de mas.The IndependentSe lee como un Graham Greene a lo grande.Daily Mail

Un joven abogado de inglés narra en esta novela cómo vendió su alma al diablo en el magma corrupto y seductor de las dachas y los clubs nocturnos de Moscú. Nick Platt es un joven abogado que lleva una vida anodina en Moscu. Su trabajo consiste en actuar de enlace entre bancos y conglomerados rusos que quieren llevar a cabo extracciones de crudo en Siberia. Todo tiene cierto aire turbio, pero Nick se convence de que, con el o sin el, los acuerdos seguirian adelante. Un dia de septiembre, Nick conoce a Masha y a Tatiana, dos bellezas con las que se entregara a la vida nocturna decadente de la capital rusa. A medida que frecuenta a las chicas, Nick se enamora de la seductora Masha, que se comporta de manera extraña y caprichosa, algo a lo que, con sus sentidos embotados por el amor, resta importancia. Cuando llega la primavera y comienza el deshielo un cadaver sale a la luz. Nick no podra seguir obviando sus presentimientos. Es el momento de enfrentarse a la verdad. El deshielo narra la historia de como un joven abogado vendio su alma al diablo en el magma corrupto y seductor de las dachas y los clubes nocturnos de Moscu, una ciudad en la que extranjeros y nativos, gansteres y amantes, parecen haberse embarcado en una suerte de caida libre amoral, en la que los cadaveres salen a luz con el deshielo primaveral.Reseñas:Una novela solida, compleja, serena, que se saborea lentamente, y un crudo retrato magnificamente atmosferico de la Rusia moderna.William Boyd El deshielo invade tus sentidos con su fuerza y su poesia, y te deja aturdido y con ganas de mas.The Independent Se lee como un Graham Greene a lo grande.Daily Mail