Black Russian
After the brutal death of his father when he was a teenager, Frederick Thomas fled the stifling racism of the American South and headed for New York City, where he worked as a valet and trained as a singer. Les mer
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After the brutal death of his father when he was a teenager, Frederick Thomas fled the stifling racism of the American South and headed for New York City, where he worked as a valet and trained as a singer. Through charisma and cunning, Thomas emigrated to Europe, where his acquired skills as a multilingual maitre d'hotel allowed him to travel from London to Monte Carlo before settling in Moscow in the glorious days before the 1917 Revolution. There Thomas became a rich and respected nightclub impresario, opening a lavish nightclub called Maxim.
With evocative backdrops in Moscow and later in Odessa and Constantinople, where Thomas rebuilt his life after the revolution, THE BLACK RUSSIAN is an inspiring story of personal reinvention set in one of history's richest periods.
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Utgitt:
2013
Forlag: Head of Zeus
Innbinding: Innbundet
Språk: Engelsk
Sider: 320
ISBN: 9781781855195
Format: 23 x 15 cm
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«A fascinating tale of culture clash and historical change»
«Like Thomas's midnight cabarets, it provides a thoroughly enjoyable display»
«Vladimir Alexandrov manages his narrative superbly»
«Enthralling... The author is to be congratulated for shining a light on this extremely interested, sometimes inspiring and sometimes tragic life»
«An extraordinary and gripping book»
«The ride of a lifetime»
«An extraordinary story interpreted with great sensitivity»
«Vaults breathlessly from set-piece to set-piece. Evocative, compelling, throughly enjoyable»
«A tale so colourful it reads more like a novel than biography. Endlessly fascinating»