Invitation to a Bonfire

Author: Celt, Adrienne

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Published on 27 June 2019 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (Raven Books) in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 256 pages
129 x 197 x 16 | 180g

'At once a gripping psychological thriller and a finely crafted work of literature ... An exhibition of stylistic virtuosity, a pyrotechnic display of fine writing' Financial Times'Part psychological thriller and part literary puzzle' GraziaZoya Andropova, a young Russian refugee, finds herself in an elite New Jersey boarding school. Having lost her family, her home and her sense of purpose, Zoya struggles to belong, a task made more difficult by her new country's paranoia about Soviet spies. When she meets charismatic fellow Russian emigre Leo Orlov - whose books Zoya has obsessed over for years - everything seems to change. But she soon discovers that Leo is bound by the sinister orchestrations of his brilliant wife, Vera, and that their relationship is far more complex than Zoya could ever have imagined.