Author:Fyodor Dostoyevsky,David McDuff
Inspired by an image of Christ's suffering, Dostoyevsky set out to create a protagonist with "a truly beautiful soul" and to trace the fate of such an individual as he comes into contact with the brutal reality of contemporary society. The novel begins when the innocent epileptic Prince Myshkin - the 'idiot' - arrives in St Petersburg and finds himself drawn into a web of violent and passionate relationships that leads to blackmail, betrayal and eventually murder.
The Clerkenwell Tales is a truly extraordinary feat of historical imagination: a slim novel, straining at the seams with a sort of macabre relish, in which disgust and enthusiasm jostle
—— Sunday TelegraphHistorical fiction of the utmost potency
—— Daily MailA tour-de-force, full of rich imaginings and strange happenings. It is as finely wrought as an illuminated manuscript
—— ScotsmanA brilliantly imagined thriller
—— GuardianRoars and leaps through the London streets with thrilling energy...the result is tremendous. Ackroyd is a wonderful guide and torchbearer, bringing light to the darkest corners of humanity
—— Independent
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