I started this in Seattle on tape; read some on the plane; some in SF on vacation; more airplane; tape again . . . Tough, particularly because the plot is complicated (other than Arkady, no one is who they seem). What I'll remember most are the descriptions of the Alice-in-Wonderland nature of daily life in Soviet-era Russia.
Excellent start . . . orphaned girl with a knack for chess, taught by janitor, harsh orphanage despite its courtly look.
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