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Rereading Akunin: A Conversation with Eliot Borenstein
Fandorin is just not a joiner. And specifically, if there’s one principle to which he’s committed above all others, it’s this notion of “personal human dignity” and the individual's prerogative...
The Devil Is No Match for Procedural Liberalism (Pelagia and the White Bulldog (Conclusion))
The rule of law is boring, but necessary
Heads, Lost and Found (Pelagia and the White Bulldog 8)
For a “tasteful” novel about a nun, Pelagia and the White Bulldog has a surprising predilection for dismemberment
Provincial Purity vs. Capital Crimes (Pelgaia and the White Bulldog 7)
Capitals destroy the soul.
All Dogs Go to Heaven (Pelagia and the White Bulldog 5)
Perhaps we’re all in some mirror universe episode of Scooby Doo, and Pelagia is Velma?
The More I See of Men, the More I Love My Dog (Pelagia and the White Bulldog 4)
R.I.P. Zakusai. You’ll be missed. Well, only by Marya Afanasyevna, but still.
Fandorin Meets Dracula (WQ 13)
There is precious little bloodsucking in Akunin’s oeuvre, which I’ve long considered a serious flaw.
The Case of the Multiple Fandorins (WQ 12)
Fandorin has now had enough brushes with death to start his own beauty salon.