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A Russian doctor recounts the story of Dostoyevsky trying to battle his gambling addiction while on a summer break with his wife in Baden-Baden (Germany). The lengths his goes to fuel his habit.... A book that only got out towards the end of communism....and we are much the richer for it.

Historical fiction about two Austrian impressionist painters: Klimt and Schiele. Both of them were pretty outrageous and what they got up to....fascinating book though.

This merges history writing with the finer prose of narrative.... anyone read it?

...while day in day out he is known for his humorous and learned banter... and his omnipresence on BBC screens... I ultimately believe it will be his books for which we will remember him. agree?

I finished reading this yesterday. Thoughts? I loved Schindler's Ark... for obvious reasons... and there can be no doubts as to Keneally's skill... but I stil havent made up my mind about this one. It seems too political (lots of veiled Sadam references). Nevertheless, I thought it was a very...

Has anyone read this? I picked it up last week and have just started reading it. It's the fictionalised story of Egon Schiele and Gustav Klimt, the two Austrain artists. It reads as though Nabokov and Vonnegut Jnr sat down over a bottle of whisky and decided to brutalise Girl With A Pearl...