num_pages: 593
description: Nerzhin and his fellow prisoners are forced to conduct research for the Soviet state when they are imprisoned for political crimes
language: English
title: The First Circle
titlecomplete: The First Circle
characters: Viktor Abakumov, Joseph Stalin, Aleksandr Nikolayevich Poskrebyshev, Mikhail Ryumin
genres: Fiction, Politics, Philosophy, Literature, Classics, Novels, Russian Literature, Historical Fiction, 20th Century, Russia
ratings_count: 7912
places: U.S.S.R.
awards: awardedAt: -63129600000
name: Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger
category: Roman
publisher: HarperCollins