The Half Life of Valery K
Book description
**Shortlisted for the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize** A SUNDAY TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2022 The Times Historical Fiction Book of the Month The truth must come out. In 1963, in a Siberian gulag, former nuclear specialist Valery Kolkhanov has mastered what it takes to survive: the right connections to…
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1 author picked The Half Life of Valery K as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
The Half Life of Valery K is perfect for anybody fascinated by the story of Chernobyl. It takes place in the early 1960s in a mysterious unnamed town, known only as City 40, hidden deep in a forest inside the Soviet Union.
A doctor has been tasked with studying the effect of radiation on animals, except that everything he has been told and believes is a lie. It manages to be both brutal and tender, bleak and incredibly beautiful, which is no mean feat.
I devoured it, and I will read it again. I also cried quite a bit. Stunning.
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