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Russia and Ukraine - Erast Fandorin

Foreign Bodies Series 1
Episode 15 of 15

Mark Lawson meets Russian and Ukrainian crime writers Boris Akunin and Andrey Kurkov. Is Dostoevsky still an influence?

Boris Akunin sets his Erast Fandorin novels in nineteenth century Russia whilst Andrey Kurkov describes twenty first century Ukraine.

Mark Lawson looks at the influence of Bulgakov and Dostoevsky on Russian crime fiction and compares the inside view with those created by outsiders including Martin Cruz Smith and Tom Rob Smith.

Producer Robyn Read.

15 minutes

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Sat 18 May 2019 02:15
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