The Faculty of Useless Knowledge

The Faculty of Useless Knowledge

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Publisher's Synopsis

Set in the Year of Terror, 1937, in Kazakhstan, this novel concerns a group of archaeologists who find themseleves caught up in an ambitious Cheka investigator's attempt to set up a show trial in Alma-Ata to rival those taking place in Moscow. Zybin, a young student, faces interrogation in a cell.

Book information

ISBN: 9781860463433
Publisher: The Harvill Press
Imprint: The Harvill Press
Pub date:
Edition: New Edition
DEWEY: 891.7344
Language: English
Number of pages: 512
Weight: 650g
Height: 215mm
Width: 135mm
Spine width: 43mm