The Last Fashion Cry. Gilyarovsky and Lamanova

8 hrs. 54 min.

Language Russian

Author Andrey Dobrov

Narrator Ivan Shevelev

Andrey Dobrov is a well-known Russian journalist, television and radio host, and publicist, the author of an information-and-analysis program. Listeners are offered a series of historical detective stories written by him about “the king of reporters,” Vladimir Gilyarovsky— a man of high intelligence and subtle intuition. He knew how to communicate equally easily with law-abiding people and with the criminal element of old Moscow.

This time, Gilyarovsky investigates an unusual suicide. He took his own life—the brother of an employee of the famous fashion modeler of the early 20th century, Nadezhda Petrovna Lamanova. Arriving at the scene by chance, the “king of reporters” immediately guessed that the suicide was staged. Later it turned out that not long before his death, a handsome young man met a certain gentleman—who turned out to be a pimp for men—and that man lured the young poet into a society of men dressed in dark masks and in outfits by Lamanova. What happened during their meeting is unknown, but the young man soon died. And the traces of the crime led Gilyarovsky nearly to the very top— to people of royal blood. What relation did Lamanova herself have to all this? The details are in the audiobook.

1. The Stolen Voice. Gilyarovsky and Chaliapin (narrated by Ivan Shevelev) 1. The Stolen Voice. Gilyarovsky and Shalyapin (narrated by Vyacheslav Gerasimov) 2. The Deadly Act. Gilyarovsky and Durov (narrated by Ivan Shevelev) 3. The Last Fashion Cry. Gilyarovsky and Lamanova 3. The Last Cry of Fashion: Gilyarovsky and Lamanova (narrated by Vyacheslav Gerasimov) 4. Rat in the Temple. Gilyarovsky and Eliseev (narrated by Ivan Shevelev) 4. A Rat in the Temple: Gilyarovsky and Eliseev (narrated by Andrey Leonov) 5. Dinner of the Dead. Gilyarovsky and Testov (narrated by Ivan Shevelev)