Once Professor Aleksandra Ponomarenko had been George Cove's tutor at Oxford but today, twenty years since they last met, she is telling him a life story - his own. He knew already that one of the greatest human tragedies of the twentieth century, the nuclear incident at Chernobyl in 1986, was deliberate sabotage, but Aleksandra reveals that not only was his role pivotal in the catastrophe, but everything else that mattered in his life - his education, his job, where he lived, how he lived, who he fell in love with, and who he lost - was orchestrated by the unseen hand of a man called Bill...
Once Professor Aleksandra Ponomarenko had been George Cove's tutor at Oxford but today, twenty years since they last met, she is telling him a life st...
To the outsider, Tommy leads a very, very successful life. Which it is, but it's also dull. And lonely. He has much to say, but no-one listens. He has strong opinions, but no-one cares. He has vibrant dreams, but no-one shares. A sense of humour, but no-one laughs. He wants to be a hero, but he has no-one to save. Instead, he immerses himself in a private world of desire, fantasy and adventure in an attempt to escape from his flat-lining life. Then he meets Scunt. She is young, feisty and deeply enthralling ... and on the run from a violent pimp and the police. She needs help - and Tommy is...
To the outsider, Tommy leads a very, very successful life. Which it is, but it's also dull. And lonely. He has much to say, but no-one listens. He has...
