Ramón Buenaventura Livres

In July 1918, as the White Army approaches Ekaterinburg, hope flickers for Nicholas II and his family held captive by the Bolsheviks. However, their fate is sealed with a cold execution. Fast forward to present-day Moscow, where Atlanta lawyer Miles Lord, fluent in Russian and knowledgeable about its history, is in the city for a significant event: the selection of a new tsar from Nicholas II's distant relatives, a decision influenced by powerful Western businessmen. Miles's task is to conduct a background check on the favored candidate, but his mission takes a dangerous turn when gunmen target him in a city plaza. As he races across continents, pursued by sinister forces, Miles's initial focus on survival shifts after an encounter with a mysterious Russian. This conversation leads him to explore Rasputin's writings, igniting his curiosity about the fate of the last tsar's family. Accompanied by Akilina Petrov, a sympathetic Russian circus performer, Miles deciphers a cryptic message from Rasputin, suggesting that the tragic night of the Romanovs may not be the end of their story—and that one of them might have survived. The implications of this revelation could change the future of Russia and Miles's own life.

The Facts is the unconventional autobiography of a writer who has reshaped our idea of fiction—a work of compelling candor and inventiveness, instructive particularly in its revelation of the interplay between life and art.

'Subtle, funny and furious' Observer. What if a lookalike stranger stole your name, hijacked your biography, and went about the world pretending to be you? Startlingly, Philip Roth meets a man in Jerusalem called Philip Roth who has been touring Israel - riding high on the author's reputation - preaching a bizarre reverse-exodus of the Jews, encouraging them to return to their ancestral homes in Europe. Roth decides to stop him, even if that means impersonating the impersonator. Operation Shylock is at once spy story, political thriller, meditation on identity and unfathomable journey through a volatile, frightening middle-east.