The Spy Novel

7 hrs. 18 min.

Language Russian

Author Boris Akunin

Narrator Sergey Chonishvili

In his new project "Genres", Boris Akunin does not need to struggle with choosing titles for his books. Thus, the second volume of the series is called simply and plainly: "The Spy Novel" — nothing superfluous, nothing personal. The cover features a sinister tarantula, the illustrations are stylized after drawings from pulpy Soviet novels about the exploits of intelligence agents, and the text is filled with the realities of the pre-war era (omnibuses in Moscow, the film "Volga-Volga", fashionable women's berets) — the examination in mimicry, so important in the world of insects, has been passed by Akunin with flying colors.

The action of the new novel begins in April 1941. In German intelligence, debates rage: what is the best way to strike against the Soviet Union? They ultimately settle on the need for an agent of the highest class, ready to sacrifice his own life. And such a person exists...

1. The Children's Book (narrated by Irina Yerisanova) 2. The Spy Novel 3. Fantasy (narrated by Igor Knyazev) 4. Quest (narrated by Alexander Klyukvin)