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	Boris Akunin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Boris Akunin (Russian: Борис Акунин) is the pen name of Grigory Shalvovich Chkhartishvili (Григорий Шалвович Чхартишвили), born May 20, 1956, a Russian essayist, literary translator, and fiction writer.
		In 2000 Boris Akunin was nominated for the Smirnoff-Booker prize.
		In September of 2000, Akunin was named the Russian Writer of the Year and was the winner of the literary prize "Antibooker" for 2000 for the novel Crowning or Coronation, or the last of the Romanovs.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Boris_Akunin (689 words)

	Detectives at Cozy Corner: Boris Akunin
		Boris Akunin (Grigory Shalvovich Chhartishvili), the Russian essayist, the literary translator, fiction writer Grigory Shalvovich Chhartishvili was born on May 20, 1956 in Georgia, and since 1958 lives in Moscow.
		Akunin, under impression from the Japanese theatre Kabuki, has acted on historical-philological branch of Institute of the countries of Asia and Africa of the Moscow State University and became Japanist.
		In September of 2000, Akunin was named the Russian Writer of the Year and was the winner of the literary prize "Antibooker" for 2000 for the novel Crowningor Coronation, the last of Romanov.
	www.cozy-corner.com /book/lit/boris_akunin.htm (501 words)

	CONTEXT - This Week in Arts and Ideas from The Moscow Times
		One of Akunin's greatest charms is how thoroughly he indulges in period and literary references, producing meticulously crafted miniatures of a world on the brink of modernization.
		Akunin could not have chosen a more fertile period for intrigues and debate; in the first novel, Fandorin unmasks a Russia-based spy ring similar to the one that would eventually assassinate Alexander II in 1881.
		Akunin produces a virtuosic palette of voices by shifting perspective with every chapter; there's the grandfatherly but personally discontented French detective, the aging Englishwoman suddenly in possession of a mysterious fortune, the wild-haired baronet who is haunted by a personal tragedy, the compulsively reserved passenger from Japan.
	context.themoscowtimes.com /stories/2004/06/04/111.html (1252 words)

	Applied Abstractions: B. Akunin goes retro
		Writers of historical detective novels have a dilemma: Should their protagonist be modern (in the sense that he or she is rational, humanist, evidence-based, and not hampered by the superstitions of the day) or saddled with contemporary racial, scientific and historical prejudices?
		Akunin's hero Erast Fandorin strikes a nice balance, and I look forward to reading more of the books about him.
		But these are minor annoyances: B. Akunin cheats a little, but does even begin to sink to the Dan Brownish levels.
	www.espen.com /archives/2006/04/b_akunin_goes_retro.html (359 words)

	Review \| The Winter Queen by Boris Akunin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The country was Russia, the publishing house was Zakarov, and the author was -- and still is -- Boris Akunin (the pseudonym of Gregory Chkartashvili, a translator of Japanese literature and editor of the Journal of Foreign Languages).
		That Akunin's oeuvre is now the most popular series of crime novels ever to emerge from the former Soviet Union is likely because he filled a niche no other author had sought to occupy.
		It was only a matter of time, considering Akunin's success, before this series was translated and put under the scrutiny of the U.S. and UK publishing worlds.
	www.janmag.com /crfiction/winterqueen.html (1797 words)

	Amazon.ca: Murder on the Leviathan: a Novel: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Akunin writes like a hybrid of Caleb Carr, Agatha Christie and Elizabeth Peters in his second mystery to be published in the U.S., set on the maiden voyage of the British luxury ship Leviathan, en route to India in the spring of 1878.
		Boris Akunin's Murder on the Leviathan is the second English language publication of a series of novels involving Russian sleuth Erast Fandorin.
		Akunin's 2nd novel in translation is an incredibly sharp, teasing, funny, and ingenious mystery, with a great set of characters.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0812968794 (2282 words)

	Random House Publishing Group \| Murder on the Leviathan by Boris Akunin
		Tipping his hat to Agatha Christie, Akunin assembles a colorful cast of suspects—including a secretive Japanese doctor, a professor who specializes in rare Indian artifacts, a pregnant Swiss woman, and an English aristocrat with an appetite for collecting Asian treasures—all of whom are con?ned together until the crime is solved.
		“Akunin’s prose is clean and swift, pausing only to set a scene with a few well-chosen details before resuming the hairpin curves of the action.
		BORIS AKUNIN is the pen name of Grigory Chkhartishvili, who was born in the republic of Georgia in 1956.
	www.randomhouse.com /rhpg/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780812968798 (590 words)

	Akunin, Evil CEO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Almost from the day he was born, Akunin was training to be a leader.
		While much of his former life is shadowed in mystery, it is known that Akunin graduated summa cum laude from Yale School of Management in 1963, after which he was recruited by one of Evil Ninja International's many subsidiaries.
		In the years that followed, Akunin was instrumental in steering Evil Ninja International through tough situations and lean quarters.
	www.evilninja.net /akuninbio.htm (342 words)

	Shots Ezine, Boris Akunin Biblography
		Within days, Varvara's fiancé has been accused of treason, a Turkish victory looms on the horizon, and there are rumours that one of Lady Astair's Azazel orphans may be making his own bid for power.
		Our reluctant gentleman sleuth will need to resurrect all of his dormant powers of detection if he is to unmask the traitor, help the Russians to victory and smooth the path of young love in the third sparkling page-turner from Boris Akunin.
		On 15th March 1878 Lord Littleby, an English eccentric and collector, is found murdered in his Paris house together with nine members of his staff.
	www.shotsmag.co.uk /features2005/akunin/akunin_biblo.html (625 words)

	Boris Akunin News
		Toby Clements reviews Pelagia and the White Bulldog by Boris Akunin Sister Pelagia is the second of Boris Akunin's literary sleuths whose fictional adventures have been translated into English, and it is...
		DURING THE CLIMACTIC TRIAL SEQUENCE IN Pelagia and the White Bulldog, Boris Akunin's most recently translated detective novel set in 19th-century Russia, the defence dismisses the prosecution's case as nothing...
		Boris Akunin : Murder on the Leviathan, Phoenix, 2004 Writers of historical detective novels have a dilemma: Should their protagonist be modern or saddled with contemporary racial, scientific and historical...
	www.topix.net /who/boris-akunin (292 words)

	PEN American Center - Boris Akunin
		Boris Akunin was born in the Republic of Georgia in 1956.
		A philologist, critic, essayist, and translator of Japanese, Akunin published his first detective stories in 1998.
		He has written eleven Erast Fandorin novels to date (two of which have been turned into movies), and is the author of two other series.
	pen.org /page.php/prmID/1159 (70 words)

	B. Akunin Books - Signed, used, new, out-of-print
		Paris, March, 1878: When Lord Littleby is discovered in his rue Grenelle residence with his head bashed in, surrounded by the bodies of seven servants and two children who appear to have died from overdoses of morphine, the distinguished Paris police commissioner Gauche is determined to solve the case.
		Set in Moscow in 1882, Boris Akunin's superb new mystery starring Erast Fandorin--"Russia's Sherlock Holmes"--features a murdered Russian war hero, an irresistible German nightclub singer, a faithful Samurai servant, a pint-sized gang leader, and a dangerous mole in the police force.
		Akunin is "like Agatha Christie meets James Bond: his plots are...
	www.alibris.com /search/books/author/B._Akunin (297 words)

	Large Print Reviews - Turkish Gambit, by Boris Akunin - Book Review
		Akunin is the pen-name of Grigory Chkhartishvili, a Russian writer who is widely known for his work as a Japanese translator.
		Fandorin is a wonderfully engaging detective, sort of a merging of Columbo and Miss Marple - a bit bumbling, often seen as ineffectual due to his appearance and attitude, but always on his toes.
		Best of all, Akunin focuses the bulk of this story on Suvorova, providing a fascinating glimpse into the role and character of a progressive woman during this period.
	www.largeprintreviews.com /akunin2.html (539 words)

	Shots Ezine, Boris Akunin, Q&A
		Boris Akunin is the pseudonym of Grigory Chkhartishvili.
		Boris Akunin, author of Murder on the Leviathan, Q&A
		Boris Akunin is the Mainland Europe Guest of Honour at LEFT COAST CRIME 2006 being held in Bristol 16th - 19th June 2006.
	www.shotsmag.co.uk /features2005/akunin/akunin.html (976 words)

	Murder on the Leviathan - Boris Akunin - Printed Books Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
		Murder on the Leviathan - Boris Akunin -...
		A gold whale in the victim's hand leads Erast Fandorin to board the Leviathan, the world's largest steamship, as the murderer is one of the 142 first class passengers.
		Murder on the Leviathan - Boris Akunin : Leviathan
	www.dooyoo.co.uk /printed-books/murder-on-the-leviathan-boris-akunin (294 words)

	Akunin Antics
		Boris Akunin — that literary trickster straddling the 20th and 21st century — has conquered the heart of a demanding Russian public.
		Soon his wildly successful "Adventures of Erast Fandorin" are to be released as a pocket book so that Akunin may nestle next to the very hearts of grateful readers.
		Continuing to ride the wave of his rising popularity, Akunin has crafted a new hero in his recently released novel Altyn-Tolobas: The Adventures of a Master of Humanities.
	www.themoscowtimes.com /stories/2000/10/28/103.html (248 words)

	Amazon.com: Murder on the Leviathan: A Novel: Books: Boris Akunin,Andrew Bromfield (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Trouble is, Akunin (the pseudonym of Russian philologist Grigory Chkhartishvili) doesn't exceed expectations of what can be done within those traditions.
		The main thing I like about Akunin is that he is writing novels not only set in the past, but imitating the style of that era.
		Boris Akunin and his great character Erast Fandorin bring nothing new to this tired plot line.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0812968794?v=glance (2166 words)

	OddBook.com - Murder on the Leviathan: A Novel
		Eccentric antiquarian Lord Littleby and his ten servants are found murdered in Littleby's mansion on the rue de Grenelle, and a priceless Indian shawl is missing.
		Tipping his hat to Agatha Christie, Akunin assembles a colorful cast of suspects—including a secretive Japanese doctor, a professor who specializes in rare Indian artifacts, a pregnant Swiss woman, and an English aristocrat with an appetite for collecting Asian treasures—all of whom are confined together until the crime is solved.
		Yet again, Akunin has produced a fun detective story with a cast of diverse and interesting characters and several good twists.
	www.oddbook.com /bookreview.odd?ASIN=1400060516 (1392 words)

	The Winter Queen, by Boris Akunin - Large Print Reviews
		In the process he becomes embroiled in an international conspiracy, he must battle against a host of evil villains, and most difficult of all, he must avoid falling prey to a beautiful woman.
		Throughout, Akunin ably portrays a sense of what life was like in Russia in the 1870's.
		His take is almost satirical as he portrays the gulf that existed between the indolent aristocrats and the hard working, and often starving, Russian peasants.
	www.largeprintreviews.com /akunin1.html (557 words)

	USATODAY.com - Will a literary Russian sleuth translate well? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		NEW YORK — His American publisher touts him as "the Russian John Grisham," but that's not a label Boris Akunin affixes to himself.
		As he begins his first U.S. book tour, Akunin suggests that, because of Hollywood's influence, "white is white and fl is fl.
		The Winter Queen (Random House, $19.95), published this week, is the first of Akunin's 10 novels about a late-19th-century gentleman-sleuth to be translated into English.
	www.usatoday.com /life/books/reviews/2003-05-12-winter_x.htm (765 words)

	Boris Akunin : Losing it[1] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		I’ve previously reviewed The Winter Queen, Turkish Gambit and Murder on the Leviathan (to put them in chronological order rather than the order of publication in English), and now here’s the fourth of Boris Akunin’s Erast Fandorin series.
		The Winter Queen is the first in the series, first published in Russia in 1998 and translated into English in 2003.
		Boris Akunin has apparently sold over ten million of these books in Russia, and it’s not hard to see why.
	lcb.me.uk /losingit/tag/boris_akunin (941 words)

	Books at Random House of Canada - Author Spotlight: Boris Akunin
		In 1882, after six years of foreign travel and adventure, renowned diplomat and detective Erast Fandorin returns to Moscow in the heart of Mother Russia.
		Akunin’s wonderful novels are always intricately webbed and plotted.”
		It is 1877, and war has broken out between Russia and the Ottoman Empire.
	www.randomhouse.ca /catalog/author.pperl?authorid=47541 (768 words)

	The Akunin Gambit - FEATURE - MOSNEWS.COM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The movie in question, “The Turkish Gambit,” based on B. Akunin’s popular novel, came out on February 22nd and is being simultaneously compared with “Night Watch,” the earlier success of New Russian Cinema, as well as all of Hollywood blockbusters combined.
		Plus there is the plot aspect of Russia’s 19th century history, the tasteful erudition aspect of Akunin’s prose, and finally, Russian sense of humor and cultural references in the screenplay, which drew waves of healthy laughter.
		We seem to have a budding movie industry in a country known for its art-house movies, which are usually acclaimed by critics but not quite understood by the rest of us.
	www.mosnews.com /feature/2005/03/04/gambit.shtml (943 words)

	The Winter Queen - Boris Akunin - Andrew Bromfield
		Akunin sets the action, which involves a suspected murder, charming detective (our hero) and loads of period detail -- among the glitterati of late 19th-century Moscow.
		This is just the first of a series of clever detective novels starring the rascal Erast Fandorin, wildly popular in Russia.
		Akunin (pseudonym of Grigotry Chkhartishvilli, editor and translator of Japanese literature) writes in a wonderfully contrived, captivating voice.
	www.longitudebooks.com /find/p/51962/mcms.html (111 words)

	Fictionwise eBooks: Boris Akunin
		Alert me when new Boris Akunin titles are added
		Bio: Boris Akunin is the pen name of Grigory Chkhartishvili, who was born in the republic of Georgia in 1956; he is a philologist, critic, essayist, and translator of Japanese.
		He published his first detective stories in 1998 and in a very short time has become one of the most widely read authors in Russia.
	www.fictionwise.com /eBooks/BorisAkunineBooks.htm (503 words)

	The Winter Queen (Erast Fandorin, book 1) by Boris Akunin
		After all, it's difficult to keep your mind on a case when the new Dostoyevsky novel has just hit the shops.
		Fandorin has been described as 'the James Bond of the 19th century' and Akunin has been compared to Gogol, Tolstoy and Conan Doyle.
		The UK publication of these books will be an international literary event and mark the arrival of a startling new voice in the thriller marketplace.
	www.fantasticfiction.co.uk /a/boris-akunin/winter-queen.htm (302 words)

	Boris Akunin Message Board
		The lack of cute catch phrases and political correctness was refreshing.
		This was my first Akunin book, but I'm diving for more...
		Just wondering if author's book of esse is planned for translation and publishing in English.
	www.allreaders.com /board.asp?BoardID=29149 (152 words)

	eBay Store - Russian Books and Music: Russian Detectives: Boris AKUNIN Pelagia Trilogy in 4 v. Russian Books 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Boris AKUNIN The Diamond Chariot Russian Book HC 2004
		Boris AKUNIN Councillor of State Russian Book 2005 NEW!
		Boris AKUNIN The Death of Achilles Russian Book HC 2005
	stores.ebay.com /Russian-Books-and-Music_Russian-Detectives (200 words)

	Boris Akunin Contest
		Travel Voucher will be considered void if sold for cash.
		The prize also includes one set of the following books by Boris Akunin: THE WINTER QUEEN, THE TURKISH GAMBIT, MURDER ON THE LEVIATHAN, and THE DEATH OF ACHILLES.
		Total retail value of the prize, including voucher and books, is $8,000.
	www.boris-akunin.com (673 words)

	EN World - Morrus' D&D / d20 News & Reviews Site - Lodoss War...
		It should probably also be noted that Lodoss Dark Elves are not the same as DandD Drow - they are simply evil elves who are feared and hated by the good races, and have no other benefits or abilities.
		Last edited by Akunin : 07-19-02 at 07:29 PM.
		My lodoss experience comes more from the tv series then anything else, which confirmed in one of the omakes that drow, at least, could fly.
	www.enworld.org /showthread.php?t=16533 (3239 words)

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