The Dead Mountaineer’s Inn

byArkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky, Josh Billings (Translator)

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Inspector Peter Glebsky, on holiday at a remote ski chalet, is peeved to find himself called upon to solve a murder. As an avalanche cuts off the eccentric cast of guests from civilization, Glebsky begins to question everything – including whether the dead body on his hands is even human…

Delicious… There’s enough dry humour to spark kindling… Delightful and melancholy by turns, and so satisfying to read
New York Times Book Review

About Arkady Strugatsky

Arkady Strugatsky (1925–1991) and Boris Strugatsky (1933–2012) are Russia's most acclaimed and popular science-fiction writers. Their unique style – at once hilarious and pitch black – encompassed a remarkable variety of different genres: from space opera to alien invasion, from locked-room mystery to dystopian apocalypse. While their initial output was uncritical of Soviet life, over time their work became much more subversive – science fiction being the perfect vehicle to hide their critiques from censors. In 1981 they shared the Aelita Award, Russia's most prestigious science-fiction prize.

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