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Richard Vaisey is a respected scholar specializing in Russian studies when Anna Danilova arrives on campus. A visiting Russian poet with a mission more than literary, Anna challenges his integrity--and his marriage. Richard's beautiful but unspeakably monstrous wife, Cordelia, seeks revenge on he adulterous husband, determined to ruin him by canceling his credit cards and reporting his car as stolen to the police. But Richard must face even further humiliating consequences, for the seductive Anna is also an irremediably bad poet.A captivating battle of the sexes and the conflicting claims of love and integrity--and a pointed satire on art, literature, political correctness, and the gender wall--The Russian Girl is vintage Kingsley Amis: entertaining, thought-provoking, and wittily wise.

"A cool cocktail mixed with parts of Updike and De Vries, with a peel of le Carre. Well, no. It's hardly appropriate when considering an author of Sir Kingsley's stature...to try and make him into someone else's martini. 'The Russian Girl' is more of a good wine, vintage Amis: smooth, dry and not overpriced."

Christopher Buckley, New York Times Book Review

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