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    Atomic intrigue

    Jul 10, 2022 2 minutes
    by ROSETTA ALLAN

    THE HALF LIFE OF VALERY K, by Natasha Pulley (Bloomsbury, $32.99)

    Based on real Soviet Union-style events, The Half Life of Valery K the latest novel from British bestseller Natasha Pulley – is a sweeping historical adventure that expands in the shadows of the unspoken and the unseen to extreme levels of deception and human disposability.

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