The people's act of love
By: James Meek
Edition: Large print ed.
Series: Clipper large print
Publisher: Howes; Clipper
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Leicester [England]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 504
ISBN-13: 9781845058357
Subjects: Large type books; Fiction
Description: Siberia 1919. In the outer reaches of a country recently torn apart by civil war live a small Christian sect and its enigmatic leader, Balashov. Stationed nearby is a regiment of Czech soldiers, desperate to get home but on the losing side of the recent conflict. Uncertainty prevails. Into this isolated community trudges Samarin, an escapee from Russia's northernmost gulag. Immediately apprehended, he is brought before Captain Matula, the regiment's megalomaniac commander. But the stranger's arrival has also caught the attention of others, including Anna, a beautiful young war widow. And when the local Shaman lies dead, suspicion and terror engulf the little town.