Smuggled out of the Soviet Union in 1982, this novel first appeared in English in 1987 and soon disappeared, to be resurrected thanks to Susan Sontag's enthusiasm for a 'scruffy-looking' cop... read more
The murder of a teenager in a seaside town on the eve of the Brexit vote is painstakingly researched by a journalist: a mirror-ball of voyeurism, manipulation and hypocrisy.