According to the blurb, Akunin has been compared with Gogol, Tolstoy and Conan Doyle, which might be stretching it a bit, but he does produce an unusual variation on the standard historical crime novel.
According to the blurb, Akunin has been compared with Gogol, Tolstoy and Conan Doyle, which might be stretching it a bit, but he does produce an unusual variation on the standard historical crime novel.