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A Romance, a history, an adventure and a mystery. An essay on the history of the novel, a love letter to Russian literature. Alessandro del Guado brings the enigma of Pechorin back to life, charting his youth, his intrigues at the heart of the haut monde, his duels, his loves and his betrayals, through war and peace, from St Petersburg to the Caucasus and beyond.

'The history of a soul'
- Boris Eikhenbaum

'Required reading for Russophobes everywhere'
- Sasha Brodsky