The Diamond Chariot
by Boris Akunin
Buy on AmazonThe Diamond Chariot is a historical mystery novel by internationally acclaimed Russian detective story writer Boris Akunin, published originally in 2003. It is the tenth novel in Akunin's Erast Fandorin series of historical detective novels. As with all of the other Fandorin novels, The Diamond Chariot was hugely successful in Russia, selling out its first printing of 200,000 copies in a week.
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"I started the Erast Fandorin series, my first fiction project, after a long reflection on how to become rich and famous without hard work, having fun. I was 40, I was bored with my profession of literary editor and critic. The only skill I possessed was playing with words and ideas. My favourite pastime was computer games. I combined it all and made a living out of it. Boris Akunin (who was born Grigory Chkhartishvili in Soviet Georgia and lives in exile in London) is at the Oxford Literary Festival on Monday 18 March 2024 at 6pm, as part of its new annual Programme of Georgian Literature and Culture , founded and directed by writer and critic Maya Jaggi."
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