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who takes it on with characteristic relish

dies in a mysterious car crash

The hotel is full of suspects who have potential motives—and convenient alibis

Sylvia Plath

All That is Solid Melts into Air Condition:Well Read who takes it on withRussia, 1986. In a run down apartment block in Moscow, a nine year old piano prodigy practices silently for fear of disturbing the neighbours. In a factory on the outskirts of the city, his aunt makes car parts, trying to hide her dissident past. In the hospital, a surgeon immerses himself in his work to avoid facing his failed marriage. And in a rural village in Belarus, a teenage boy wakes up to a sky of the deepest crimson. Outside, the ears of his