Pravda - Softcover

A novel so vivid it glows in the dark -- like truth.

Docx's ability to capture the feel of St. Petersburg, London, New York and Paris adds depth to this portrait of a family in turmoil. Drug addiction, sex, the emptiness of superficial relationships, poverty and music round out the ambitious narrative.
As the mystery of Maria's life and death is revealed, the haunting story hurtles toward a startling conclusion.
Docx has plumbed the depths of understanding and forgiveness with this fascinating book.

Docx has a gift for assessing the exact shape and weight of other people s inner selves, the architecture of their spirit, and although the book teems with characters the cast reaches nearly Dickensian proportions even the most ancillary flare into being, vital and insistent.
The New Yorker
A novel so vivid it glows in the dark -- like truth.
The Washington Post
Longlisted for the 2007 Man Booker Prize, and with good reason: well written, vigorously plotted and perceptive about human nature. Kirkus Reviews, Starred
Caustic, hip, and highly recommended. Library Journal
Docx's ability to capture the feel of St. Petersburg, London, New York and Paris adds depth to this portrait of a family in turmoil. Drug addiction, sex, the emptiness of superficial relationships, poverty and music round out the ambitious narrative.
As the mystery of Maria's life and death is revealed, the haunting story hurtles toward a startling conclusion.
Docx has plumbed the depths of understanding and forgiveness with this fascinating book.
Tampa Tribune"

Docx has a gift for assessing "the exact shape and weight of other people's inner selves, the architecture of their spirit," and although the book teems with characters--the cast reaches nearly Dickensian proportions--even the most ancillary flare into being, vital and insistent.
The New Yorker

A novel so vivid it glows in the dark -- like truth.
The Washington Post

Longlisted for the 2007 Man Booker Prize, and with good reason: well written, vigorously plotted and perceptive about human nature. Kirkus Reviews, Starred

Caustic, hip, and highly recommended. Library Journal

Docx's ability to capture the feel of St. Petersburg, London, New York and Paris adds depth to this portrait of a family in turmoil. Drug addiction, sex, the emptiness of superficial relationships, poverty and music round out the ambitious narrative.

As the mystery of Maria's life and death is revealed, the haunting story hurtles toward a startling conclusion.

Docx has plumbed the depths of understanding and forgiveness with this fascinating book.

Tampa Tribune

Arriving in St. Petersburg only to discover his mother dead in her apartment, thirty-two-year-old Gabriel Clarke and his twin sister, Isabella, struggle to make sense of their loss, unaware of their mother's abandoned son, Arkady, an amoral Russian predator out to claim his birthright, in a legacy of secrets, intrigue, and lies that follows one family across the generations. Original.