The Oligarch's Wife

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Pavel Ivanchenko's life begins in poverty and violence, but he is destined to become one of the richest men in the world asxA0;one of the postx96;Glasnost Oligarchs. He starts his business life trading illegal vodka on the freezing, grimy streets of Kargasok andxA0;he ends up buying most of the steel in the old Soviet Union, believing that he can buy, sell, or destroy anything or anyonex97;especially women. This is principally the story of two of those women: one English, one Russian, who become friends as girls in Moscow, and whose lives then become entwined through their turbulent relationships with the Oligarch. This story leads us deep into the heart of an unknown and fascinating world, with a largerx96;thanx96;life manx97;part hero, part villainx97;at its center.

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Anna Blundy isxA0;axA0;former Moscow correspondent for the Times,xA0;and has lived and worked in Russia doing a variety of jobs. She has worked as a CNN correspondent, is a regular guest on ABC's World View from London, andxA0;is the author ofxA0;a series of novels about war correspondent Faith Zanetti,xA0;which includesxA0;The Bad News Bible.