Invitation To A Bonfire

'At once a gripping psychological thriller and a finely crafted work of literature ... An exhibition of stylistic virtuosity; a pyrotechnic display of fine writing' Financial Times 'Part psychological thriller and part literary puzzle' Grazia Zoya Andropova; a young Russian refugee; finds herself in an elite New Jersey boarding school. Having lost her family; her home and her sense of purpose; Zoya struggles to belong; a task made more difficult by her new country's paranoia about Soviet spies. When she meets charismatic fellow Russian emigre Leo Orlov - whose books Zoya has obsessed over for years - everything seems to change. But she soon discovers that Leo is bound by the sinister orchestrations of his brilliant wife; Vera; and that their relationship is far more complex than Zoya could ever have imagined.