num_pages: 320
description: This breathtaking first novel explores Leon Trotsky and his wife's years of Mexican exile in the home of Frida Kahlo and her husband Diego Rivera. Mingled with the voices of Stalin's desolate young wife and that of Trotsky himself are the tales of the lesser known who have also created history--the Mexican artist who foretells Trotsky's death; a Bolshevik engineer surviving the chill of the Stalinist regime; the bodyguard who is unable to prevent the assassination. Together, the stories reveal the panorama of Russian history, revolution, and upheaval in the twentieth century.
language: English
title: In the Casa Azul: A Novel of Revolution and Betrayal
titlecomplete: In the Casa Azul: A Novel of Revolution and Betrayal
genres: Historical, Own, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Art
ratings_count: 172
places: Mexico
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Orange Prize
category: Fiction Longlist, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Commonwealth Writers' Prize
category: Best First Book in South East Asia and Pacific, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Saltire Society Literary Award
category: Scottish First Book of the Year
publisher: Picador