Tom Rob Smith

Writer

British author known for writing thrillers, best known for Child 44.

Child 44 is Tom Rob Smith's debut novel; the novel is inspired in part by real events associated in the review with Andrei Chikatilo and was adapted into a film produced by Ridley Scott.

The provided review praises Tom Rob Smith's debut novel Child 44 as an emotionally intense, well-crafted thriller set in the Stalinist USSR. It highlights the protagonist Leo Demidov's profound metamorphosis under a repressive regime and notes rich historical detail. The reviewer calls the Ridley Scott film adaptation unjustified and inferior to the book.

For:Readers of crime fiction, historical thrillers and character-driven novels

 Smith's novel is one of those (rare) examples where a book undoubtedly manages to generate this type of emotional flow.

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