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He has been compared to gogol, tolstoy and arthur conan doyle, and his erast fandorin books have sold over eighteen million copies in russia alone. It also means all the great history books you meant to read a few months ago are now in paperback, the better to read at the beach. Boris akunin is the pen name of grigory chkhartishvili, who was born in the republic of georgia in 1956. Written as both boris akunin and grigory chkhartishvili, the book consists of literary essays about cemeteries in different parts of the world, each accompanied by a macabre short story. The author recounts how she recovered from a mastectomy and a stroke, shares her feelings about her daughters book about her, and discusses the latter part of her. The latest novel in boris akunins erast fandorin mysteries an actionpacked mystery in which the stakes are far higher than ever before.
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