The Master of Petersburg by J.M. Coetzee infidelity and a tortured conscience

infidelity and a tortured conscience … a stolen gemstone … the haunting attraction of an ancient relic … a race against time … a tragic love triangle … a body in a box … an unexpected visitor from beyond the grave…Nine quintessential examples of Agatha Christie's brilliance are contained in this new collection of early short stories - including the very first one she ever wrote - and provide a unique glimpse of the Queen of Crime in the making

and television and radio dramas and continues to ensnare its audience

It presents a mosaic portrait of one young woman’s attempt to understand the roots she has grown from

and at the mercy of a killer feared above all others: the assassin of assassins

The Master of Petersburg by J.M. Coetzee infidelity and a tortured conscienceWINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE 2003In The Master of Petersburg J. M. Coetzee dares to imagine the life of Dostoevsky. Set in 1869, when Dostoevsky was summoned from Germany to St Petersburg by the sudden death of his stepson, this novel is at once a compelling mystery steeped in the atmosphere of pre revolutionary Russia and a brilliant and courageous meditation on authority and rebellion, art and imagination. Dostoevsky is seen obsessively