{"product_id":"sister-pelagia-and-the-black-monk-paperback-by-boris-akunin","title":"Sister Pelagia and the Black Monk Paperback by Boris Akunin","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eRandom House Trade Paperbacks\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2008-05-13)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e368\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780812975147\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e272.16\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e20.09 x 13.21 x 1.98\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFans of \u003ci\u003eSister Pelagia and the White Bulldog\u003c\/i\u003e, the first book in Akunin’s Pelagia trilogy, will be instantly mesmerized–and frightened–by this latest foray into Zavolzhsk’ s spiritual underworld.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the middle of the night, a disheveled and badly frightened monk arrives at the  doorstep of Bishop Mitrofanii of Zavolzhsk, crying: “Something’s wrong at the Hermitage!”  The Hermitage is the centuries-old island monastery of New Ararat, known for its  tradition of severely penitent monks, isolated environs, and a mental institution  founded by a millionaire in self-imposed exile. Hearing the monk’s eerie message,  Mitrofanii’s befuddled but sharp-witted ward Sister Pelagia begs to visit New Ararat  and uncover the mystery. Traditions prevail–no women are allowed–and the bishop sends  other wards to test their fates against the Black Monk that haunts the once serene  locale. But as the Black Monk claims more victims–including Mitrofanii’s envoys–Pelagia  goes undercover to see exactly what person, or what spirit, is at the bottom of it  all. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Praise for \u003ci\u003eSister Pelagia and the Black Monk\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “For all his status as a globe-circling bestseller,  Akunin keeps faith in his sleekly engineered and allusive whodunnits with the classical  virtues of Russian prose. . . . That polish lends his books a peculiar charm.”\u003cb\u003e–\u003ci\u003eThe  Independent\u003c\/i\u003e (London)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e “Readers can hear echoes of Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoevsky  and Anton Chekov in whodunits that, because of their literary overtones, can be guiltlessly  consumed as entertainment.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003eBORIS AKUNIN is the pen name of Grigory Chkhartishvili, who 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 and has already become one of the most widely read authors in Russia. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe is the author of eleven \u003cu\u003eErast Fandorin\u003c\/u\u003e novels, including The \u003ci\u003eWinter Queen\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Turkish Gambit\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMurder on the Leviathan\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Death of Achilles\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSpecial Assignments\u003c\/i\u003e, available from Random House Trade Paperbacks; and \u003ci\u003eSister Pelagia and the White Bulldog\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSister Pelagia and the Black Monk\u003c\/i\u003e, in the \u003cu\u003eSister Pelagia\u003c\/u\u003e series. 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