A novel adventuring between the pre-WWI Russian enclave in Brisbane and Tsarist Russia. From the author of Schindler's Ark, another tale of oppression and the triumph of determined peoples.Artem Samsurov, a charismatic protege of Lenin and an ardent socialist, reaches sanctuary in Australia after escaping his Siberian labour camp and making a long, perilous journey via Japan. But Brisbane in 1911 turns out not to be quite the workers' paradise he was expecting, or the bickering local Russian emigres a model of brotherhood. As Artem helps organise a strike and gets dangerously entangled in the death of another exile, he discovers that corruption, repression and injustice are almost as prevalent in Brisbane as at home. Yet he finds fellow spirits in a fiery old suffragette and a distractingly attractive married woman, who undermines his belief that a revolutionary cannot spare the time for relationships. When the revolution dawns and he returns to Russia, will his ideals hold true?
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"08 October 2010 - well-researched but the details didn't mean enough to me to enhance my enjoyment of the book at all." — Jodi (4 out of 5 stars)
"08 October 2010 - well-researched but the details didn't mean enough to me to enhance my enjoyment of the book at all."
" Very dull - like pulling teeth to read. Have abandonded. "
" Only got past halfway, just too much hard slog. "
" Rail journeys can be tiresome. "
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